How to Use helpmeet in a Sentence

helpmeet

noun
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  • The wives of artists in movies and literature tend to be doormats or helpmeets, and their psychic anguish and creative fire rarely move from background to center stage.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2017
  • Conservatives see a classy helpmeet, bringing old-world elegance to the White House.
    — Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2019
  • FDR turned to his daughter as an all-around helpmeet when his relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt had become strained and distant.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Plenty of men had no interest whatsoever in seeing women in any sphere but that of helpmeet.
    — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Bitters are the stomach’s wingman — its appetizer before a big meal, its comfort and helpmeet in the aftermath.
    — Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Bitters are the stomach's wingman - its appetizer before a big meal, its comfort and helpmeet in the aftermath.
    — M. Carrie Allan, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • And the women remained cardboard silhouettes defined by their relationships to Jobs, with Laurene as a combined muse and helpmeet.
    — The Washington Post, cleveland.com, 24 July 2017
  • Despite her own substantial body of work, Stein is remembered mainly as a curator and goad to others’ talents, and Toklas mainly as her muse and helpmeet.
    — Gregory Cowles, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Their connection is instant; Klara vows her companionship, to be a tireless helpmeet and a barrier against loneliness.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2021
  • How society, law and the courts may treat driverless cars may depend heavily on where the cars fit in the continuum from stretching from dumb machines like toasters to personified pieces of equipment to human-like helpmeets.
    — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The book’s female protagonists create their own counterparts, as projections and helpmeets.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 13 June 2019
  • Oh, and also a floating robot designed as a helpmeet for astronauts—scientifically, logistically, and emotionally.
    — Sarah Scoles, WIRED, 28 June 2018

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