How to Use helper in a Sentence

helper

noun
  • The carpenter measured the wall while one of his helpers brought in the tools.
  • Miller also picked up a helper to round out his two-point effort.
    Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Here’s how to narrow down your search for a handy helper at the woodshed.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 19 Aug. 2020
  • To avoid straining your back, always work with a helper, and lift with your knees, not your back.
    Joseph Truini and Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The helper would then shoot photos on their phone and send them to Gaber for editing.
    Nicole Carroll, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The rules seem to apply only to domestic helpers in most parts.
    Muneeza Naqvi, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
  • Simply attach either a wet mopping pad (for sticky messes and grime) or a dry sweeping pad (for dirt, dust, and pet hair), and your helper will do the rest.
    Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2020
  • For vaccine researchers, those helper T cells are of particular interest.
    Gregory Barber, Wired, 10 July 2020
  • One of the octopus’s biggest helpers was a species of fish called the blue goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus), which had strong team hunting skills.
    Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The robot helper can also document experiments, search for items and take inventory.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Sander and colleagues also found that a third of the 68 people who had never been exposed to the novel coronavirus also had these helper T cells.
    Carrie Arnold, National Geographic, 7 Aug. 2020
  • An easy way to check for absolute parallel is to work with a helper and stretch a tape measure from either of the lines and swing the end of the tape in a short arc at various points along the rectangle.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2020
  • How to grow it: Think about kind options to maintain a healthy garden, such as having kids plant garden helpers like thyme and tansy, which both have strong oils that deter pesky bugs like aphids and whiteflies.
    Kier Holmes, National Geographic, 29 May 2020
  • Here are some ideas for tower play: Kitchen helper: Get your toddler to help with mixing, washing vegetables, chopping (with child-safe knives), plating food, and cleaning up.
    Samson McDougall, Parents, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Kids should also build situational awareness without depending on electronic helpers like blind-spot monitors.
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Then lots of hugs as the helpers arrive and take stock.
    Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
  • And for Grant that is the Enneagram [Type] Two, which is the helper.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
  • And for the Black therapists, who are both the helper and the one needing help?
    Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 2 Feb. 2021
  • Thanks again to Randy Lee for sharing this li’l helper.
    Pat Myers, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
  • One helper grips her chin and speaks now to the demon within.
    Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
  • Have your helper sit in the driver's seat and await your orders.
    Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Instead, the defense will sag on the pick-and-roll with a helper who won’t trap the ball or even be level to the screen.
    J. Michael, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Pinnick brought over a backhoe and a helper to remove the dead grass and do the grading.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
  • And with the helper, Spurgeon is one assist shy of 200 in his career.
    Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 24 Jan. 2021
  • Turn off your helper attitude for a bit and lean on your team more.
    Expert Panel, Forbes, 12 July 2022
  • Laycock and a helper lined up the boxes and spaced them evenly.
    Frank A. Blazich Jr., The Conversation, 20 May 2024
  • His friends knew Jim as a dreamer and a helper — a good person gone too soon.
    Tucker Reals, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2022
  • She’s a fighter, a lover, a leader, a healer, a helper, a guide, and so much more.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 8 May 2021
  • And don't forget to grab a helper to take photos of your designs.
    Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2024
  • And don't forget to grab a helper to take photos of your designs.
    Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024

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