How to Use patronage in a Sentence

patronage

noun

• They thanked her for her patronage of the new hospital.
• The college relied on the patronage of its wealthy graduates to expand its funds.
• The city should do more to encourage patronage of local businesses.
• Her Majesty took the patronage over from Queen Mary in 1953.
  — Sally Holmes, Marie Claire, 4 Dec. 2019
• This was the era of Tammany Hall, in which patronage, bribery, and fraud were the order of the day.
  — Nick Tabor, The New Republic, 4 Feb. 2022
• Which is to say, that when the food is good enough, there’s enough patronage to go around.
  — Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2023
• But Amazon doesn't need your patronage, the small business down the street does.
  — Mark T. Mitchell For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 13 Oct. 2020
• And despite the fact that the business model runs on the patronage of the elderly.
  — Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
• It’s been going strong since 2006, in no small part thanks to the early patronage of the then-young royals.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 1 May 2023
• Iran has secured great-power patronage for the first time in four decades.
  — Reuel Marc Gerecht, wsj.com, 8 May 2023
• Marsh was the third in a line of Stanley’s propelled to arts patronage by their oil money.
  — Daisy Alioto, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• After Diana died in 1997, then-Prince Charles took over the patronage.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 30 June 2023
• The award is organized under the patronage of the Italian Senate and the state of Sicily.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2024
• All of it was a signal to the world that not only is Putin is not isolated, his patronage is still prized in some parts of the globe.
  — Clare Sebastian, CNN, 19 June 2024
• In their view, good art is more about the process rather than the result, and patronage is about friendship instead of genius.
  — Anne Quito, Quartz, 2 Dec. 2021
• Inside, the lengthy bar top had ample notches, scrapes and grooves from years of patronage.
  — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 18 Oct. 2019
• Their menus offer some tasty food and need your patronage during this time as well.
  — cleveland, 7 Mar. 2022
• That the patronage of online collectors could fund the creation of murals in the real world might be the best use of NFTs yet.
  — Suhita Shirodkar, Wired, 31 Jan. 2022
• Meghan's been busy since stepping down, both with patronages and in Canada.
  — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 23 Jan. 2020
• Many of them have funded their fighters and patronage cliques from the opium profits for years.
  — Time, 17 July 2023
• This is the second patronage that Prince Charles, 72, has been handed from his younger brother, 61.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 28 Apr. 2021
• Diana’s visit came about because of her patronage of the Welsh Opera.
  — Town & Country, 28 Aug. 2022
• In the late sixteen-twenties, Artemisia went to Venice, seeking fresh patronage.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2020
• Three of the four cities are already above their pre-pandemic peaks for bar and restaurant patronage.
  — Ramsey Archibald | [e-mail], al, 3 Aug. 2022
• That’s double the hotel rooms used, double the restaurant patronage, double the bar tabs, etc.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022
• In response, Queen Elizabeth II stripped the prince of his titles and patronages.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 May 2023
• Prince William is supporting two of his patronages in a rare crossover event.
  — Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
• That credit was redeemable in patronage jobs, and Clements was made a deputy clerk of the Municipal Court.
  — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 19 Feb. 2021
• Princess Kate visited the hospital on Tuesday as the patronage was announced.
  — Simon Perry, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
• One union that represents government workers bashed the mandate as returning to the patronage system that oversaw the federal workforce until the end of the 19th century.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 1 Mar 2025