: 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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There was very much a discipline of being in the present moment and being connected to your senses, which is massively helpful as an actor.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Overly precocious George jumps from the train to the countryside and, in true Dickensian fashion, encounters some helpful people as well as some unsavory types on his treacherous trek back home.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
There was very much a discipline of being in the present moment and being connected to your senses, which is massively helpful as an actor.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Overly precocious George jumps from the train to the countryside and, in true Dickensian fashion, encounters some helpful people as well as some unsavory types on his treacherous trek back home.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Exit polls are helpful for news organizations and researchers to look deeper into the 2024 election results.
—Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
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 16 Nov. 2024.
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