How to Use help in a Sentence

help

1 of 2 verb

• 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
• The front bungee can hold extra items or help compress the bag.
  — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 19 Dec. 2022
• And there is no time or space to sit and cry because that will not help.
  — Lanae Brody, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 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
• Oversize knobs help their hands grip and open the drawers.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 18 May 2023
• The players can't help but get more and more comfortable on the chairs and the floor.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 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
• The happy ending will help, but the image of the lost girl will stick with you.
  — Joyce Bautista Ferrari, Marie Claire, 29 Oct. 2018
• 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
• But the right mix of price and performance could help its status.
  — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 7 Jan. 2019
• Your healthcare provider can help guide you to better health.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 30 June 2023
• It's also made to help train and control hard pulling dogs.
  — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 15 Sep. 2022
• They could instead be put on the phone lines to help weary taxpayers.
  — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022
• 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
• Others cannot help noticing you and wanting to be around you.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2019
• 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
• Pick it up in gray or light blue and help your loved ones upgrade their home this season.
  — Lindsey Greenfeld, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2022
• The film’s first-rate cast helps relax our posture too.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
• Cutts, who is one of those seniors, was helped off the field late with a leg injury.
  — OrlandoSentinel.com, 25 May 2018
• Viktor can't help but notice the changes in his sister.
  — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 22 June 2022
• This space will help bridge that gap in a safe environment.
  — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2021
• Looking for a fun way to help kids flex their handwriting skills?
  — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2020
• Figuring out which ones may help your health has proved tricky.
  — Markham Heid, Good Housekeeping, 28 Aug. 2020
• Both are here to learn English, and Iris can help with that.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2018

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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
• Does this type of matchup help to take your game to the next level?
  — Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 25 Nov. 2020
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Having said that, there is help for him and for her as well.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2020
• But the action and humor throughout the film help make up for his loss.
  — Jennifer Jhon, South Florida Parenting, 28 Apr. 2018
• Joe and Fi, and the rest of our neighbors, need our help.
  — Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 June 2022
• Lees said a man approached them and said he was hurt and needed help.
  — Rob Gillies and Robert Bumsted, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2022
• How to be a great teammate, how to play great help defense.
  — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 5 July 2022
• One of the most challenging things for many women is to ask for help.
  — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• Lee locked himself in his room and called police for help.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 4 Jan. 2018
• But new research suggests help may be close at hand — in the kitchen.
  — Healthday, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• But nothing helped for long, and sirolimus didn’t help at all.
  — STAT, 1 July 2019
• That’s the type of help Rodgers will need going forward.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2022
• Food is always such a help, and quick visits are nice too!
  — Kate Spencer, Cosmopolitan, 20 Dec. 2017
• This didn’t help at all – and the next call was again littered with complaints.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2020
• But there wasn’t a whole lot of help from our players there in that fourth quarter.
  — Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 5 Jan. 2022
• One of the agents, Stephen Garland, then called for help.
  — Caitlin Dickerson, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2017
• Don’t be deterred—get lost and ask a shepherd for help.
  — Kyre Chenven, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2018
• Our guys fought hard, but not having those guys didn’t help.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 14 Sep. 2019
• If your pets are drooping in this heat, help is available.
  — Brittany Martin, Los Angeles Magazine, 30 Aug. 2017
• She's also had plenty of help from her husband along the way.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 4 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024