matchmaker
Example Sentences
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Not only is Rousey headlining the card, she has played a key role in shaping it, playing the role of promoter and matchmaker behind the scenes.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Aisha adjusted her beige veil over her circular-shaped headgear as a matchmaker scrolled through rows of dozens of pictures on a computer to find a man she could be interested in as a potential match.
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
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
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
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