How to Use patronize in a Sentence

patronize

verb

• The family patronizes the arts.
• He hated being patronized and pitied by those who didn't believe his story.
• I patronize the library regularly.
• None of the johns who patronized the parlor were charged at all.
  — Terry Spencer, The Seattle Times, 31 Mar. 2019
• Or would the men be tempted to patronize the women in the style of then-Sen.
  — Robin Abcarian, latimes.com, 28 June 2019
• Yet for decades the character felt fixed, as loved as he is patronized.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018
• But worse than that is the fear that the soldiers just won't patronize their businesses.
  — Anna Fifield, Alaska Dispatch News, 29 July 2017
• From the business side, Airbnbs are a boon — the renters often patronize his bar.
  — New York Times, 19 Mar. 2021
• Head countered that her intent is not to deny anyone the right to work or patronize a strip club.
  — Greg Larose, NOLA.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• Find out what the repair person’s spouse does for work and patronize the living heck out of the business.
  — Kris Frieswick, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2022
• And then there’s the question of how fake steak will go over with the people who patronize the world’s top restaurants.
  — Paul Tullis, Town & Country, 2 May 2021
• Those patronizing the bake sale are invited to an open house at the shelter.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2019
• The Medicis continued to patronize some of the era’s greatest artists.
  — Peter Saenger, WSJ, 18 June 2021
• The crash came after Earley had patronized three bars earlier in the night.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
• The pool and sauna are restricted, but the public can patronize the indoor/outdoor rooftop lounge in the evenings.
  — Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2018
• Audiences which patronize this kind of picture will eat it up.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2018
• Visitors had to patronize the park’s restaurants or starve.
  — Julie Lasky, New York Times, 4 July 2017
• Many of the customers who patronize the barber shop grew up here and watched as Rogers developed.
  — Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2020
• To liken patients to cowering toadies is to patronize them.
  — Kevin Canfield, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2018
• How many of those bars would a person be comfortable patronizing sober?
  — Marley Marius, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2018
• Newsom is the epitome of the virtue-signaling elite who patronize the poor and drive out the despised middle class.
  — Victor Davis Hanson, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2021
• In the downtown block party last month, cups were sold to partygoers who had to patronize bars and restaurants in the district to be served.
  — Esther Fung, WSJ, 18 July 2017
• This would be at least the third downtown Italian joint Swift and her crew of celebrity besties have patronized in the past few months.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2023
• While the overnight stay is free, members are encouraged to patronize the business where they’re parked.
  — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2022
• This is a chance to try special meals and deals, patronize local restaurants — and give to charity.
  — Laura Groch, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• Locals that patronized Metro will miss the nice people that worked there and the convenience of its location.
  — Helen Williams, nola.com, 21 June 2019
• Please don’t patronize me, or any woman, by assuming the desire to get work done is to fill some soul hole.
  — Sophie Saint Thomas, GQ, 12 July 2017
• Locals still patronize its bar in the basement of a First Avenue duplex.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 18 Aug. 2019
• The cooks attract customers who are open to exploring new foods and patronizing other cooks.
  — Leora Y. Bloom, The Seattle Times, 1 May 2017
• Please patronize our sponsors — listed at end of eNews!
  — Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2012

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024