matchmaker
Example Sentences
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After waiting for years for a suitor, Aisha is frustrated and has turned now to enlist the services of an online matchmaker site to find a husband of her dreams: rich and educated.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
One volunteer matchmaker, an older woman known as Sister Gao, comes each week with dozens of profiles for attendees to browse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
The humor of “Fiddler” was well accounted for in Lisa Fishman’s Yente, the matchmaker involved in everybody’s business.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025
As Lucy, a New York matchmaker, Johnson’s character has turned the intangibles into her trade.
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2025
I saw the matchmaker place the lighted red candle in a gold holder and then hand it to a nervous-looking servant.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
