matchmaker

Example Sentences

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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

As Lucy, a New York matchmaker, Johnson’s character has turned the intangibles into her trade.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2025

“I’ve heard that your ba has retained the services of a matchmaker for you.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu