Sample Sentences forpatron (editor-reviewed)
patron as in: a patron of the arts
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The café was filled with patrons enjoying coffee and studying for exams.patrons = customers
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The arts center was able to expand thanks to a generous patron who donated thousands of dollars.patron = financial supporter
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She is a vocal patron of the wildlife foundation, often attending events and spreading awareness.patron = supporter
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The statue in the garden is of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.patron saint = saint who supports or looks after
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A wealthy patron donated millions to fund young artists in the city.patron = supporter
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The Earl of Southampton was Shakespeare's only known patron.patron = financial supporter
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Bellona was our patron goddess for generations. (source)patron = supporting (someone who gives support)
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When he realized what I was talking about, that there were twinkle-bells of sunshine in the room, he smiled like a weather man, like an ecstatic patron of recurrent light, and repeated the news to Daisy. (source)patron = supporter
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Once the last few patrons had arrived, everyone settled down solemnly and waited. (source)patrons = customers
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I've become patron saint of the socially inept.† (source)
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In one place the peasants presented him with bread and salt and an icon of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, asking permission, as a mark of their gratitude for the benefits he had conferred on them, to build a new chantry to the church at their own expense in honor of Peter and Paul, his patron saints.† (source)
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Your patron-saint, in the calendar.† (source)
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It was for quite some other reason that she didn't like my patron-saints.† (source)
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All through history artists have survived by taking money from old men. There's nothing wrong with having a patron. (source)patron = a financial supporter
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Well, we were sort of patrons to his family. (source)patrons = supporters
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We stroll across the marble in awed silence, except for when he points out someone important like Joan of Arc or Saint Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris.† (source)
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A man conscious of enthusiasm for worthy aims is sustained under petty hostilities by the memory of great workers who had to fight their way not without wounds, and who hover in his mind as patron saints, invisibly helping.† (source)
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