matchmaker

Example Sentences

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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 two met each other cross-country through a matchmaker after she, then Ariell Kirylo, had moved away from the L.A. area.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

As Lucy, a New York matchmaker, Johnson’s character has turned the intangibles into her trade.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2025

And sure enough, the matchmaker made her declaration the next morning and showed she had done her job.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan