How to Use lend a hand in a Sentence

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• Letizia rushed to lend a hand, as did the people around her.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2023
• The lab, which helped solve the Golden State Killer case from the same era, would lend a hand.
  — oregonlive, 8 Jan. 2022
• As for anyone wanting to lend a hand, the best thing to do with it is sign our names.
  — Detroit Free Press, 13 Oct. 2022
• Those who recognize that aren’t quick to judge but are faster to lend a hand.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
• When Rhaenyra's children arrive to lend a hand, a fight breaks out.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2022
• The volunteers again came out Tuesday evening to lend a hand.
  — Matt Button, baltimoresun.com, 25 Nov. 2021
• The holiday frenzy has landed, and The Times arts team is here to lend a hand with the shopping.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2021
• The team is excited and has already set a date for this spring to return and lend a hand again.
  — Christine Faulhaber, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• The marines were supposed to help with land invasions and also lend a hand at sea.
  — David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
• From there, Fallon struggled to get the outfit on, prompting Doja to run to his side of the desk and lend a hand.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 2 May 2024
• If anyone ever needed anything, Bill and his wife were the first to lend a hand.
  — Greg Hanlon, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
• The process requires research and patience, but there are free resources ready to lend a hand.
  — cleveland, 31 Oct. 2022
• Jerry comes out to lend a hand, but not without a few tricks and tries to steal the role of conductor for his own.
  — Kristina Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
• Since there's no chopping required, kids of almost any age (3 and up) can lend a hand with this recipe.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 8 July 2023
• Come out to the San Diego River to lend a hand and support local veterans.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022
• Last year's tragedy not only added stress by its nature, but rushed people back to the city from long distances to lend a hand.
  — Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2022
• The county appeared eager to lend a hand Tuesday with the all-female board heaping praise on the new mayor.
  — Rebecca Ellisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
• Time after time an American inside the airport tries to lend a hand.
  — Carter Malkasian, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022
• Some of them rearrange tables to form a single one that takes up almost the entire room; others go to the kitchen to lend a hand.
  — Oscar Espinosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2024
• Even the littlest kids can lend a hand with simple tasks like crumbling cornbread for stuffing.
  — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2020
• The key to the show was figuring out how to switch between characters, and the local comedy scene was there to lend a hand.
  — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2021
• Eggers worked on cases for free at her dining room table and people just didn’t call her up to lend a hand.
  — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2024
• There were, however, others who stayed to lend a hand — the atrocious state of the playa notwithstanding.
  — Morena Duwe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2023
• Call for displaced chefs A Baltimore candy maker wants to lend a hand to chefs who have had to close their restaurants.
  — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2024
• But there was some cautious optimism that the potential for light rains this weekend could lend a hand.
  — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2022
• Thankfully, Sacramento resident Jaime Cervantes had pulled off the road in front of the couple and offered to lend a hand with the chains.
  — Maya Miller, Sacramento Bee, 3 Mar. 2024
• One aspect of the work – digitization of Leopold's Shack journals – will allow the public to lend a hand.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2022
• Each and every guest comments on how genuinely kind our townsfolk are, always ready to lend a hand.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 20 May 2024
• That's where programs like down payment assistance can lend a hand to Detroiters who want to become homeowners.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2024
• But, similar to the dishes, that’s about as far as his empathy extends: recognizing another person’s plight without caring enough to lend a hand.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Feb 2025