patronize

Example Sentences

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Who would patronize these houses of financial ill-repute?

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Woolf could patronize American writing in 1919 in part because the U.S. still seemed provincial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Azuka said it has resonated with audiences who she was keen not to "patronize".

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2025

Spectacle is one way to get people to show up in person and perhaps patronize other businesses too.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

They patronize, they flatter, maybe they wish to comfort themselves.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell