yenta

Example Sentences

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I also liked that she was someone local with local connections who was just trying to be a yenta.

From New York Times

Most book scouts are literary yentas, hoping to make a match, having little control over the result.

From Los Angeles Times

But at that point, matchmaking was moving beyond the yentas; it was on the threshold of becoming mainstream.

From Salon

Surely to the delight of the Red yentas, she brought my grandfather along.

From The New Yorker

“Sam is a talented researcher and writer and a relentless gossip and yenta. In this case he has done me a disservice,” said Mr. Stone.

From Washington Times