Used in a Sentence

helpful

How to use helpful in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for helpful.

Editorial note

On another note, thanks to the OP for the helpful and playful article!

Examples14
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

providing assistance or serving a useful function

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of helpful gathered in one view.

adjective

providing assistance or serving a useful function

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for helpful.

adjective

providing assistance or serving a useful function

Example sentences

1

On another note, thanks to the OP for the helpful and playful article!

2

If you want to be helpful, be constructive. If you don't want to be helpful, don't bother.

3

Since then, you have been super helpful with showing us how to hire and scale a company. Congrats on this next part of your journey.

4

And I agree that it would be helpful to have a moderate voice in Free Software. I use a Mac - sorry, it's really nice to use and I code a lot.

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I get that people are trying to be helpful, and think that's great. But this blog post was awesome, raw, and captured something that so few of us can really relate to.

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In any event, it's not helpful to provide disincentives for companies to own up to mistakes.

7

I was assured that it was considered "good" and "helpful" as an example of using Open Graph. At an earlier point I was offered marketing help from Facebook for my launch.

8

I think it would be helpful to try to understand the perspective of management. Consider an extreme stereotype: the "business school guy."

9

I won't even attempt to give advice; none of the advice I've received from well-intentioned others in the past year has been helpful. I just hope you, me, and others like us find comfort in the wonderful memories of beloved parents and find a way to move on with our lives.

10

As a fun exercise, you could rewrite this list so it sounds helpful and polite rather than rude and egotistical. I've been around academia for long enough to have met a lot of really first-rate minds who are polite and humble, and a lot of second-rate minds who are rude and arrogant.

11

A dictionary isn't particularly helpful when you're trying to learn a foreign language properly, but it's quite handy when you're face to face with a foreigner and you need to think up a word for "toilet paper" quickly. I use W3Schools when I need to remember something quickly, and MDN when I need to learn more deeply about it.

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A professional specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy might be especially helpful to you, in just a few sessions. You need to break the pattern of thought that leads you to fixate on your regrets, shortcomings and other negativity.

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24/7 Internet connectivity is not always helpful. 9.

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I don't mean Day 1, of course, but once you're starting to have conversations around acquisitions, it's really helpful to make sure your books are clean, that you have clearly documented your software stack, all of the third-party code you use and licenses, all of the contracts and MSAs you might have signed iwth your customers, employment agreements with contractors, and so on. It's annoying, but once you have it done it's relatively easy to keep up to date.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use helpful in a sentence?

On another note, thanks to the OP for the helpful and playful article!

What does helpful mean?

providing assistance or serving a useful function

What part of speech is helpful?

helpful is commonly used as adjective.