patron

How To Use patron In A Sentence

• They therefore blame not the buddy system but political patronage for government inefficiency.
• But Labour's focus on abolishing child poverty is not, as he (deliberately) patronisingly claims, for the "aah" factor. Labourhome
• A business tycoon, arts patron and committed left-winger, Berge opted to sell the collection amassed over a lifetime after Saint Laurent's death last June aged 71.
• This patronising voice with a whine and an awful regional accent was talking. Times, Sunday Times
• His curiosity excites the most patronising sympathy. Times, Sunday Times
• Breads, pastries, rice and legume dishes were on display for the viewing and tasting pleasure of interested patrons.
• "Emily, my dear," said the spinster aunt, with a patronising air, "don't talk so loud, love."
• He noticed the curious stares of the regular patrons of the inn.
• The church was dedicated to St Anthony of Egypt, patron saint of swineherds and of charcoal burners, a trade carried out on the fell for many years in the past.
• Now we had been taken notice of, put forward, and patronized, in undeniably genteel society. Oldtown Folks