How to pronounce helped
Listen to helped in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“helped” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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partners who helped conduct that operation helped conduct that operation.
Dept of Justice · watch from 2:20 · hear it here
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Strangers helped strangers.
Dept of Labor · watch from 2:25 · hear it here
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We have helped—I have helped—to get this country through a pandemic and helped save another country
UK Parliament · watch from 46:47 · hear it here
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So it helped my sanity and it probably helped students sanity.
Smithsonian Air & Space · watch from 8:27 · hear it here
Why real speech
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