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matchmaking

[ UK /mˈæt‍ʃme‍ɪkɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈmætʃˌmeɪkɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others

How To Use matchmaking In A Sentence

  • The outbreak of a mass emailing worm, which masquerades as a matchmaking program, has been brought under control.
  • The message made it a hit among Egyptians - that and the humor it mined from the quirks of Egyptian middle-class matchmaking, where suitors file through the family salons of potential brides to check them out, confident with the expectation that every woman, particularly those above 30, will be eager to snap them up. In a TV comedy, Egyptian women gain a voice on marriage
  • It juggles the joyous thrills of matchmaking and courtship with the dark alleys of pain and grief.
  • The emergence of this cohort of high-earning young women and the increasing number of female breadwinners are transforming gender relationships, upending patterns of matchmaking, marriage and motherhood, creating a new conflict between the sexes, redefining the word "breadwinner" and inspiring tracts on the leveling of men's roles. NYT > Home Page
  • You think a friend's matchmaking plans are crazy but they work brilliantly. The Sun
  • You may feel a friend's matchmaking plan is impossible but it works out. The Sun
  • A wise friend will do some subtle matchmaking. The Sun
  • For Chinese viewers, they have riveting, turning traditional matchmaking on its head and celebrating instant celebrity.
  • I have a good eye for a nice swatch and a surprising paint chip, and I have had a checkered but occasionally successful sideline in matchmaking. Excerpt: A Short Guide To A Happy Life by Anna Quindlen
  • The last thing she needed right now was some inept matchmaking attempt or broad hint to Paul from her mother or sister.
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