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

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

When her Lucy gets checked out on the street, she hands the guy a card introducing herself as a professional Manhattan matchmaker.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 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