How to Use assistance in a Sentence

assistance

noun
  • I'll be happy to provide you with whatever assistance you may need.
  • Any assistance you can give me would be appreciated.
  • As for fees, the app is free for the recipient of it the assistance for the first 25 people.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 5 Oct. 2023
  • And, of course, there was personal assistance on the ground.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The hiker walked out with assistance from the search and rescue members.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • As the war now enters its third year, assistance is still needed.
    Ryan Bergeron, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
  • For one thing, there may not be enough suitable housing units even if the rental assistance money was there.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
  • The shooting occurred in the 7400 block of Narrows Road, but Alexander was taken to the fire station for assistance.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 13 June 2023
  • With airport assistance, of course—a wheelchair or cart.
    Honor Moore, Travel + Leisure, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Not all of Kyiv’s requests for assistance were granted.
    Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Those monthly payments ended at the end of 2021, and Democrats have pushed to resurrect the assistance ever since.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • This is typically done with the assistance of your CPA.
    Jordan Priddy, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Jerry, Elaine and George were thrown in jail for failing to provide assistance to the victim of a carjacking.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Union Plus credit card and loan holders can apply to get $500 as assistance.
    Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • With her own Black doula and mother by her side, Clark had hoped to have her baby at home with no medical assistance at all.
    Meredith Longo, ABC News, 14 May 2023
  • Those who were asleep below deck, were still alive and in need of assistance to escape, prosecutors said.
    Julie Sharp, CBS News, 2 May 2024
  • Don’t let pride block your best path forward when your network is eager to be your roadside assistance.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 4 July 2024
  • Could there be backing off from that Ukrainian assistance?
    ABC News, 9 July 2023
  • The latter requires the assistance of a high-speed chase car to radio instructions to the pilot on final approach.
    Jim Clash, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Tools and assistance were provided to the driver by a DPS trooper and a motorist in order to remove the tire and recover the kittens.
    The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Those who receive state assistance do not need to apply either.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
  • Up in the dunes, beach mats allow anyone using assistance devices access to the water.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2023
  • After getting a call for assistance about 7:15 a.m., lifeguards found the boat approaching the surfline.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2023
  • There’s no down payment required on the home, as the city will forgive part of the mortgage in place of the down payment, part of an existing down payment assistance program the city has in place.
    Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The short-term bill Congress passed over the weekend to fund the government for 45 days did not include security assistance for Ukraine.
    Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Gone from the final bill was not only the $6 billion in Ukraine assistance, but also pages of text outlining the ability to transfer funds to Ukraine.
    Lisa Mascaro, Time, 7 Oct. 2023
  • On the Rosebud Reservation, Black Bear was keenly aware of the violence all around her—and of the appalling lack of government assistance.
    Mona Gable, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The report found that in its entire history, the US has given $158 billion in assistance to Israel.
    Ben Goggin, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Shrinking Job Corps and cutting funding for work-training programs — which help people get off of government assistance — nearly in half.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Scenic has one medical evacuation – involving calling coast guards for assistance with a helicopter – per ship each year on average.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024

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