How to Use helpline in a Sentence

helpline

noun
  • Housing is among the top three reasons people call the helpline.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Mines herself was able to help thousands of women through the helpline.
    — Marta Martínez, NPR, 8 June 2025
  • Here are five things to know about the free confidential helpline.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The helpline will also be advertised at the clubs.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • To reach the helpline, dial 211 and enter your zip code.
    — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The helpline has long been criticized as a tool to protect the church rather than abuse victims.
    — Erin Alberty, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The singer calls the helpline, which is run by a team of children, and one of them gleefully picks up the call.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The foundation has a helpline to assist patients, too.
    — Korin Miller, Flow Space, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The money pays for the helpline as well as prevention and treatment programs.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Those users would also be directed to helplines and other resources.
    — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2025
  • How can the same man who helped save the lives of callers to a crisis helpline have then brutally ended many more lives?
    — Rebecca Hannigan, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The sportsbooks offer the number for a problem gambling helpline.
    — Ted Koppel, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Broyles said the helpline received more than 100 calls, many from families afraid to leave their homes for food.
    — Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
  • In recent years, centers for problem gambling in some states have reported a rise in calls to their helplines.
    — Randi Richardson, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Lawmakers are proposing spending about $2 million to staff the helpline this year.
    — Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The state law also requires all sports betting ads to include a phone number for a problem gambling helpline.
    — David A. Lieb, The Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The group’s helpline had lost contact with him, and when Chrzanowska called out only a woodpecker replied.
    — Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
  • However, helpline calls, emails, and online chats showed an increase over the duration of the trial.
    — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The national helpline is not able to break out what share of incoming traffic is related to sports betting.
    — Annette Choi, CNN, 15 June 2024
  • The company has established a toll free helpline to assist people who might have been affected by the breach.
    — Amy Yurkanin | [email protected], al, 15 Mar. 2023
  • MassDOT agreed to put suicide helpline signs on the bridge in 2014.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • The confidential helpline helps with a wide range of needs, like housing, food, transportation, and healthcare.
    — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Slow down, verify the message through an official website or helpline, then decide.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The search engine can now detect when a user is suicidal and recommend helplines, Nayak said.
    — Davey Alba, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2023
  • In late March, Uplift Wisconsin, the state's mental health helpline, went dark.
    — Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Through the first seven months, calls to Ohio’s helpline were up about 150% compared to the same period a year ago.
    — David A. Lieb, The Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Nearly a quarter of all sports gambling callers to the helpline said they were influenced by others to begin sports betting.
    — Ashley Borja, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Nearly a quarter of all sports gambling callers to the helpline said they were influenced by others to begin sports betting.
    — Ashley Borja, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The helpline saw a spike in calls on Tuesday and Wednesday, with over 3,100 reports each day.
    — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The free helpline offers services in Spanish on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
    — Dallas News, 23 July 2020

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