blind date

Example Sentences

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The night that Mik and John first met, in a German nightclub in September 1978, John was actually on a blind date with someone else.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Dad had been drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War and met my mom on a blind date after he returned home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

As beginnings go, the filmmaker offers up a hilarious theme-setting blind date that even a premier satirist like George Saunders would envy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

Reading the tension in the room, I told them: “Don’t worry. I’ll get out of your hair soon. I have a blind date with a girl at a vegan spot in WeHo.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

Next to the governor is our Senator Whitworth, whose son Hilly’s been trying to set me up with on a blind date.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett