: of service or assistance : useful
a helpful neighbor
helpful advice
just trying to be helpful
helpfulness
noun
Examples of helpful in a Sentence
A helpful neighbor shoveled our walkway.
a kind and helpful person
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Flushing the eye with a sterile saline solution, making sure to get under your eyelids, can be helpful.
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Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
This strategy is science-backed, too; research has found that humor can be a helpful tool to cope with stress.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 29 Sep. 2025
This, Humble said, is not a helpful statistic for guiding policy interventions.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Some people do both, taking medication and using a light box, and research shows the combination can be helpful.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
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Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
This strategy is science-backed, too; research has found that humor can be a helpful tool to cope with stress.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 29 Sep. 2025
This, Humble said, is not a helpful statistic for guiding policy interventions.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Some people do both, taking medication and using a light box, and research shows the combination can be helpful.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for helpful
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“Helpful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/helpful. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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