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.
  • Please help me with what to do.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 29 May 2026
  • Fans can help speed up the process.
    Jennifer Beck Goldblatt, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Fiber can help push food and waste through the body.
    Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2025
  • That won’t help those in the stands, of course.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
  • Standing fans will help with the process.
    Jennifer Beck Goldblatt, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Too loud and the high ceilings don’t help.
    Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 4 June 2026
  • Here's how these treatments can help.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Mark Sorency hopes to help change that.
    Kennedy Cook, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • And there is no time or space to sit and cry because that will not help.
    Lanae Brody, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Your problems are valid and true friends will want to know and want to help.
    R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The best thing is that AI can help with that, too.
    Art Gilliland, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Your problems are valid, and true friends will want to know and want to help.
    Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Kelce then helped the Chiefs by taking one for the team.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The key purpose of the window is to help the coach.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • How will that help him or hinder him next season?
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
  • There are people out there wanting to help.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • This will help keep messes from building up.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
  • The front bungee can hold extra items or help compress the bag.
    Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 19 Dec. 2022
  • This also helps the hat retain its shape.
    Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Figuring out which ones may help your health has proved tricky.
    Markham Heid, Good Housekeeping, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Your healthcare provider can help guide you to better health.
    Maggie O'Neill, Health, 30 June 2023
  • How soon will this help with airport delays?
    John Raby, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • My video game knowledge gave me Toad, so that helped things along.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The longer-term chart helped confirm out thesis.
    Jay Woods, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Those are all things that help tell the story of who these people are.
    Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 30 Oct. 2020

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.
  • Help kids know when to ask for help.
    Frankie McLister, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Juicy is still asking for help.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Please know there is always help and hope.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Yarbrough said he was relieved to get help.
    Dallas Morning News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Politicians turned to the courts for help.
    Jill Ebstein, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • But who's going to get more help?
    Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The acid help brightens your food.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
  • But the more months that passed, the more help the boys seemed to need.
    Author: Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2019
  • If no one is asking me for help, why is that?
    Anna Louie Sussman, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2025
  • People who should reach out for help don't.
    Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
  • If you are caught in a rip current, yell for help.
    Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 9 June 2026
  • Find out how to get help with your high-rate debt today.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But nothing helped for long, and sirolimus didn’t help at all.
    STAT, 1 July 2019
  • Have kids cut out the rubbings and string them up with your help.
    Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh, National Geographic, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Does this type of matchup help to take your game to the next level?
    Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 25 Nov. 2020
  • The young ladies pleaded for help from Zeus.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Which is either a selling point or a cry for help.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 May 2026
  • The Warriors could use his help, as well as his height.
    Jon Becker, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • His calls for help brought out a neighbor with a rifle.
    CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • And some help from the defense would be timely.
    ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • Needing help isn’t a sign of a weak parent.
    ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 3 Apr. 2026
  • If so, the help would be going where it is needed most.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Other cities sent in help on railroad cars.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Phillips ran up the driveway of a nearby home to ask for help.
    Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 8 June 2020
  • More support events planned next week More help is on the way.
    Lauren Crawford, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026

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