HELPFUL in a Sentence

Learn HELPFUL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
389 example sentences for HELPFUL, such as:
1. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
2. Surely, he'd have something helpful to offer.
3. It is helpful if we address a few key questions here.
4. It is helpful to discuss your problems with your friends.
5. An A to Z of careers gives helpful information about courses.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of HELPFUL
helpful
 a.  providing assistance or serving a useful function
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I rather miss my wild girl, but if I get a strong, helpful, tenderhearted woman in her place, I shall feel quite satisfied.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
2  Even a fair table may become a pulpit, if it can offer the good and helpful words which are never out of season.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY
3  Then Father came to the rescue, quietly managed everything, and made himself so helpful that I saw my mistake, and never have been able to get on without him since.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
4  Precious and helpful hours to Jo, for now her heart received the teaching that it needed.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY
5  But when the helpful voice was silent, the daily lesson over, the beloved presence gone, and nothing remained but loneliness and grief, then Jo found her promise very hard to keep.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
6  I believe they would have procured his dismissal if the Department had not sent you over to inquire into it, and if you had not been so kindly disposed and helpful to him.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
7  So Will remained at Tara, for what reason she did not know and she found his businesslike man-to-man attitude with her both pleasant and helpful.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
8  Surely, he'd have something helpful to offer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
9  She was sure that he frequently threw business her way, for he knew all the rich Yankees and Carpetbaggers intimately, but he always denied being helpful.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
10  Every evening when he called at her house, weary and discouraged, she was tireless in her tactful, helpful suggestions.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
11  She seemed to think that my elders withheld helpful information, and that from me she might get valuable secrets.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVII
12  Madame Ratignolle, when they had regained her cottage, went in to take the hour's rest which she considered helpful.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In VIII
13  political scheme: 'That the show of religion was helpful to.'
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII(*) — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SH...
14  Mackie, the head teacher to whom I have referred, proved one of my strongest and most helpful friends.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III.
15  Her advice and encouragement were always helpful in strengthening to me in the darkest hour.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III.
Example Sentence: (179 in 12 pages)
1  It is helpful if we address a few key questions here.
2  It may be helpful to advise the client on how to announce the sale to their staff.
3  It is helpful to discuss your problems with your friends.
4  The dietitian was helpful, making suggestions as to how I could improve my diet.
5  The staff in the London office are helpful but only have limited information.
6  An A to Z of careers gives helpful information about courses.
7  What may seem helpful behaviour to you can be construed as interference by others.
8  You may find it helpful to perform this exercise in front of the mirror.
9  Sibyl was the most gracious, helpful, and generous person to work with.
10  However, if the researcher had such skills it would be very helpful to the writing process.
11  It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.
12  Sorry I can't be more helpful.
13  Thank you for your advice; it's been very helpful.
14  Judy wanted to look over the new computer models on her own, but the officious salesman kept on butting in with "helpful" advice until she was ready to walk out of the store.
15  In an ancillary capacity, Doctor Watson was helpful; however, Holmes could not trust the good doctor to solve a perplexing case on his own.