How to Use helm in a Sentence

helm

1 of 2 noun
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  • This is the kind of CEO any agency should want at the helm.
    — David Showers, Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Jean-Bart vowed to return to the helm of Haitian soccer.
    — Molly Hensley-Clancy, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
  • The helm has heft, the steering is progressive and sure.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 4 Apr. 2023
  • With founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin returning to the helm at the start of the year, perhaps there’s fire to the smoke.
    — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • After posting a 3-29 record in his fourth year at the helm, Mark Fox was fired on March 9.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Martha Stewart manned the helm of a giant wheel barrel of gourds.
    — Grace McCarty, SELF, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The book opens with a missive from his desk about the Plaza Athénée and his time thus far at its creative helm.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Then, with Steve Jobs returning to the helm in 1997, things started to turn around.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2023
  • On March 5, 4th District voters will decide whom to put at the helm.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Tesla shares rose on the news that Musk found someone else to take Twitter’s helm.
    — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 12 May 2023
  • This time around, in his 16th year at the helm, Traxler is hoping for his team to finally get over that hump.
    — Austin David, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2023
  • With the two superstars at its helm, the event scheduled for Sept. 2 and 3 struck gold with this year’s lineup.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
  • The Eagles will host the 49ers, who have won 8 in a row with rookie quarterback Brock Purdy at the helm.
    — oregonlive, 23 Jan. 2023
  • With Menezes at the helm of the Ministry of Culture, the song has made a comeback, playing on stages, at bars, and across clubs all over the country.
    — Felipe Maia, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2023
  • But, ah, he's never quite gotten over bringing his own twist to the Man of Steel with Tim Burton at the helm.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The Bochy factor: There will be no growing pains with veteran Bruce Bochy at the helm.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Steering feel is muted, and response to the helm is relaxed.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Suddenly, not only were there younger faces at the protests, there were women at their helm.
    — Christina Capatides, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The vessel’s single helm (which frees up space in the main-deck salon) is located on this bridge.
    — Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2024
  • He was appointed to the creative helm in 2020, after the pandemic brought him back to Greece.
    — Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 1 July 2023
  • While no nimble sportster, the LSC responds to the helm nicely and corners with agility and poise.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Whether at the cockpit or the entrepreneur's helm, with the right skill development, the sky is the limit.
    — Alex Kowtun, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Erdogan, who has been at Turkey's helm for 20 years, came just short of victory in the first round of elections on May 14.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 28 May 2023
  • In the pilothouse, both men point to the sweeping banks of electronics across their helm stations as proof of the complexities of the job.
    — Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 15 July 2023
  • That's where the on-site restaurant — Ánima, under the helm of chef Heberto Eljach — sits.
    — Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Here’s the deal: Iger, who retired in 2020 only to return to the helm nearly three years later when Chapek was forced out (more on that later), doesn’t have much time to mess around.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
  • While speaking with the media, Ryans provided a glimpse into what Houston's roster might look like with him at the helm.
    — Josh Criswell, Chron, 5 Feb. 2023
  • These were women who made a living out of terrorizing men, and Anita was at their helm.
    — Elizabeth Winder, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
  • No prominent Democrats have demanded that Biden bow out, but as speculation mounts about his ability to serve, there is bound to be interest in who among them could take the party's helm.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Under the helm of Grammy-winning producer Sammy Soso, some of Tyla’s vocals are isolated during the middle of the song to create a haunting loop of rhythms and inflections.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
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helm

2 of 2 verb
  • Now, he’s been called to helm the 2024 awards show, too.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The six-track project is the third in a six-album series being helmed by Martin.
    — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Daldry, who helmed the first episode of The Crown and has been an EP for the entire run of the series, directed the series finale.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The sale of the Broncos was finally going through, and the team would be helmed by a first-year coach in Nathaniel Hackett.
    — Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • These Horizon films are not the first time Costner has helmed the director’s chair.
    — Jeff Conway, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Compare Kilmeade’s Monday ratings to the previous start of the weeks in which Carlson helmed the hour.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Lynn Tech coach Kaitlyn Wechsler has helmed the girls’ side for four years and also leads the boys after the students pushed for a team of their own.
    — Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Most notably, there’s a new three-star restaurant: London’s the Ledbury, helmed by the chef Brett Graham.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The new show is helmed by the former showrunners of Game of Thrones and surprise surprise, this high-concept drama is in fact very good.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The board is helmed by long-time Golden Globes president Helen Hoehne.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2023
  • There was also an understanding about who would be needed to helm the project.
    — Nekesa Mumbi Moody, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2023
  • In the three years Tritton helmed the retail giant, its stock price plummeted almost 50%.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 7 June 2023
  • Screams 5 and 6 were helmed by directing team Radio Silence, who revived the franchise after the death of Wes Craven.
    — Vulture, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The selection marks the first time Japan has submitted a film to the Oscars that was not helmed by a Japanese filmmaker.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The six-episode drama is being directed and exec produced by Lesli Linka Glatter, who helms all the episodes.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
  • On Monday, Fried called Robert Dempster, who’s helmed the county party since 2021, to ask for his resignation.
    — Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The 28-year-old Ambani scion helms Reliance’s green energy business.
    — Anto Antony, Fortune Asia, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Nissa has helmed production on some of the studio’s most significant and storied series for over two and a half decades.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Despite helming the No. 1 movie of the year at the box office, Gerwig, 40 was not recognized in the directing category.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Meanwhile, studiously apolitical talk shows once helmed by the likes of Jay Leno and David Letterman feel on the verge of extinction.
    — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Nolan helmed Oppenheimer, which chronicled the creation of the first atomic bomb under the guidance of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
    — Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The show’s production team, helmed by executive producer Lorne Michaels, received word that two special guests wanted to drop by the show and were on their way.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • This weekend, the show will be helmed by Dakota Johnson and will feature performances from Justin Timberlake ahead of his new album.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The excitement for winter sports is palpable in the bustling restaurants and bars helmed by local characters in flannel.
    — Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Makeup typically isn't central to a superhero movie, since most are helmed by men.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 15 Feb. 2024
  • More recently, Miller has helmed The Times’ ongoing coverage of last year’s Brink’s big rig jewelry heist.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • By the time season two debuts, costuming is being helmed by Lorraine Coppin.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 7 Dec. 2023
  • In 2013, this ad-hoc funding method became a community of donors, helmed by Hunt-Hendrix, called Solidaire Network.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Perlmutter helmed Marvel during its sale to Disney and later served as an executive chair.
    — The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Rory Collins helms one of the world’s biggest efforts to address this challenge: UK Biobank, a trove of health data for half a million people over time, including questionnaires, blood samples, and imaging of the heart, brain, and entire body.
    — TIME, 2 May 2024

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