How to Use helping in a Sentence

helping

noun
  • He had two helpings of carrots.
  • Can I give you a second helping?
  • This is the heaping helping of jam your day and night needs most.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 9 July 2019
  • This cheesy recipe was made for second helpings.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Those price gains mean investors might now have too big a helping of stocks.
    — Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2017
  • For that whole first week there were no hugs, no helping, no getting too close.
    — Sarah Feldberg, SFChronicle.com, 12 Nov. 2020
  • And there are generous helpings of peas and fresh mint to boot.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 13 July 2023
  • So take a chill pill and get ready for a heaping helping of Frosti.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 9 July 2020
  • All these pork chops need is a healthy helping of homemade salsa verde.
    — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Don’t hesitate to ask for a large helping of soul food to ease the pain.
    — L'oreal Thompson Payton, SELF, 24 Apr. 2021
  • The telling part is where the helping turns to reported self harm.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • His answer came with a side helping of sarcasm.
    — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The ghosts of those doubters are eating a large helping of crow — or perhaps cake.
    — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Halloween is a time for tricks and treats, which means a hearty helping of giggles.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Give me an extra helping of beans, rice, fruits and veggies, please.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 30 July 2019
  • And on top of it all, the state is about to get a healthy helping of extra compost.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 2 July 2018
  • There was a helping of politics too.
    — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The Cascades will see a heavy helping of new snow from this system.
    — oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Adams smiled and dished out another helping.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Remember to save a slice to take home for a second helping.
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 14 June 2026
  • Who among us hasn’t, in the past six years, been given a heavy helping of what Time will?
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
  • An hour later, the squirrel came back down the tree for a second helping.
    — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2020
  • How about a helping of movie theater popcorn to go along with that drumstick?
    — Marina Johnson, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025
  • For motorists, every visit to the gas pump brings a fresh helping of pain.
    — Ronald D. White, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2022
  • Not so fast–those oxpeckers are washing the bugs down with a healthy helping of blood.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Top each portion with the equal helpings of the mushrooms and beans and then the chard mixture.
    — Joe Yonan, charlotteobserver, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Start with a generous helping of veggies — about two cups, or a half a plates’ worth.
    — Samantha Cassetty, NBC News, 8 July 2019
  • Here are four ways to get a helping of awe during your next visit, but there’s even more where these came from.
    — Brian Higgins, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Once the pie is sliced and doled out, just sit back and watch everyone reach for a second helping!
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Each bowlful gets topped with a helping of basil pesto, which seals the deal, summerwise.
    — Bonnie S. Benwick, Twin Cities, 24 July 2019

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