How to Use help in a Sentence

help

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  • She took an aspirin to help her headache.
  • It's not much money, but every little bit helps.
  • Help! Somebody call the police!
  • Don't blame me: I was only trying to help!
  • Humor often helps a tense situation.
  • The shade should also help slow the fading of the Lego bricks used.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Light southwest winds help keep most lows in the low-to-mid 40s.
    — David Streit, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The skier’s partner was able to come to his aid and help dig him out of the snow.
    — Paradise Afshar, CNN, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The players can't help but get more and more comfortable on the chairs and the floor.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 May 2023
  • New head coach Bryan Harsin was around to help but didn’t take over.
    — Giana Han, al, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Both are here to learn English, and Iris can help with that.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Smyly, 32, will get a chance to help the Cubs this time.
    — Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The front bungee can hold extra items or help compress the bag.
    — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 19 Dec. 2022
  • And the weather didn't seem to help the Tigers' bullpen much, either.
    — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 23 July 2023
  • And there is no time or space to sit and cry because that will not help.
    — Lanae Brody, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Co-workers ran to help, and the suspect fled, Ratliff said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The happy ending will help, but the image of the lost girl will stick with you.
    — Joyce Bautista Ferrari, Marie Claire, 29 Oct. 2018
  • That’s not to say playing with and against the world’s best can’t help a career.
    — Nick Lozito, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 July 2021
  • In the new film, all this precocious young fox wants is to help his hero save the world.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Oversize knobs help their hands grip and open the drawers.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 18 May 2023
  • Those are all things that help tell the story of who these people are.
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 30 Oct. 2020
  • One thing that helped me get through the mornings was coffee.
    — Ashley Edwards Walker, Good Housekeeping, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Lowry certainly didn’t help change that thought against the Bulls.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Cutts, who is one of those seniors, was helped off the field late with a leg injury.
    — OrlandoSentinel.com, 25 May 2018
  • And so that was what my kind of my lifelong dream was, was to find a way to help people.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2023
  • It's also made to help train and control hard pulling dogs.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The film’s first-rate cast helps relax our posture too.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Tips for Using the Lemon Filling To help save on time, make the curd while your cake layers are in the oven.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Named after the African moniker for a powerful, successful woman, Nala Track Club helps ensure a safe training camp environment for participants and covers housing and education costs for those who need it.
    — Brande Victorian, Essence, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The company also helps fund groups like the CyberPeace Institute, which advocates for a safer internet and helps defend nongovernment organizations from hackers.
    — Eric Geller, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024
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help

2 of 2 noun
  • He thanked us for our help.
  • I could use some help with the dishes.
  • He's been more of a hindrance than a help.
  • We could hear shouts for help coming from the house.
  • But the more months that passed, the more help the boys seemed to need.
    — Author: Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2019
  • In moments the area was a blur of sirens and calls for help.
    — Justin L. MacK, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Oct. 2021
  • What will the rich ladies do when there is no help around?
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Joe and Fi, and the rest of our neighbors, need our help.
    — Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 June 2022
  • One of the agents, Stephen Garland, then called for help.
    — Caitlin Dickerson, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2017
  • Does this type of matchup help to take your game to the next level?
    — Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 25 Nov. 2020
  • The Beavers couldn't have done it without plenty of help from the Ducks.
    — Gary Horowitz, ajc, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Kimkeá Harris: That's what he was raised to do — to be a help.
    — Tasha Lemley, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Have kids cut out the rubbings and string them up with your help.
    — Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh, National Geographic, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Phillips ran up the driveway of a nearby home to ask for help.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 8 June 2020
  • There were a couple folks that came aboard as moms that didn’t get the help.
    — Jane M. Von Bergen, Philly.com, 26 Aug. 2017
  • That’s the type of help Rodgers will need going forward.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The helpline is open, and help is available from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. CST in most languages.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Having said that, there is help for him and for her as well.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2020
  • But nothing helped for long, and sirolimus didn’t help at all.
    — STAT, 1 July 2019
  • Having a voice that guides you and keeps track of the time can also be a huge help.
    — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Many lack phones or way to keep them charged, and so are unable to call 911 for help.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2022
  • The final piece of the puzzle was with the help of Coca-Cola.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
  • South also got help on the drive thanks to a 15-yard face mask penalty.
    — Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2022
  • How to be a great teammate, how to play great help defense.
    — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 5 July 2022
  • This didn’t help at all – and the next call was again littered with complaints.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2020
  • But the action and humor throughout the film help make up for his loss.
    — Jennifer Jhon, South Florida Parenting, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Gaiman’s Jewish cousins escaped the Nazis thanks to the help of the resistance).
    — Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post, 6 July 2022
  • But new research suggests help may be close at hand — in the kitchen.
    — Healthday, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • But police were asking the public for help identifying a person in a photo and video released Tuesday.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2023
  • When administered to a person suffering an opioid overdose, Narcan can stop the opiate damage until the person can get medical help.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2023

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