yenta
Example Sentences
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I don’t know if you are or not, but there is an expression called a yenta, which is a matchmaker.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2018
For Midler, it’s the yenta of Jerry Herman-Michael Stewart’s forever bubbly “Hello, Dolly!” that requires her to synthesize all her many gifts in a musical comedy cocktail that has been leaving audiences drunk with pleasure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2017
Through a real-life matchmaker named Dale, a self-proclaimed yenta with an M.B.A.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2013
Enter Miranda, Charlotte, Carrie and Samantha, the yin, yang, yenta and yeah, baby! of the female psyche.
From Salon ● May 25, 2010
It’s not outrageous to trace a line from experiments today on dating sites to coming machine-learning systems that will be able to make better matches than a neighborhood yenta.
From Newsweek
