matchmaker

Example Sentences

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Not only is Rousey headlining the card, she has played a key role in shaping it, playing the role of promoter and matchmaker behind the scenes.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

So he and Harvey decided to play matchmaker.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Over time, the tradition expanded and parents take the pictures of their daughters they want to marry off but have no suitors to a traditional matchmaker to find them a lover.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Dean has become a kind of matchmaker, pairing neighbors’ needs with volunteers’ skills and, in the process, strengthening the sense of mattering of everyone who walks through the door.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

But when she’d told the matchmaker there wasn’t any hurry, I’d thought that she wanted to help me, that she was buying time so she could change Ba’s mind.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu