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
Jay, with his bouffant curly hair and preternatural ability to remember the smallest details, became a de facto musical matchmaker.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
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
I imagined Ma at fifteen or sixteen years old, unable to read or write, searching for a matchmaker.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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