matchmaker

Example Sentences

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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

The story follows the life of the naïve and lovably spoiled teenager, who plays matchmaker with her friends before ultimately finding love herself.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 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