helpmeet

Example Sentences

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Ms. Gustern might have thought of herself as a helpmeet or second banana, but her students didn’t see her that way.

From New York Times

With the so-called colored convention movement that began in the 1830s, women were welcomed to public life, but mainly as helpmeets.

From New York Times

The shock of feminism came none too soon for guys, including me, who had lorded in a sixties bohemia that mandated women be doting helpmeets to their entitled—because genius—men.

From The New Yorker

Conservatives see a classy helpmeet, bringing old-world elegance to the White House.

From Washington Post

Lately, as best I can tell, the most common set of helpmeets are the slant-rhyming trio of coffee, wine, and Amazon Prime.

From The New Yorker