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
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
As Lucy, a New York matchmaker, Johnson’s character has turned the intangibles into her trade.
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2025
Old Granny went about beaming: it was she who had brought the two parties together; her reputation as a matchmaker would be higher than ever.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
