How to Use clientele in a Sentence

clientele

noun
  • The restaurant generally attracts an older clientele.
  • In the last decade, casinos have bet big on a new kind of clientele: the RV crowd.
    Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The inside of the pub was as predictable as its clientele.
    Hazlitt, 21 June 2023
  • The tropicbirds were some of the center’s sassier clientele, Smith joked.
    Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The affinity for coke stays the same — Pusha just knows his clientele all too well.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Big City Café's clientele is blue collar, and these are blue collar ‘dogs in the best way.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 4 July 2023
  • Much of the time, the clientele showing up to see Zenyatta was female.
    Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Regina found work at Lily Daché, a milliner with movie-star clientele who was known for her turbans.
    Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Now, the restaurant is enticing its clientele with more reasons to hang out once the last bowl of rice has been served.
    Caroline Tell, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The news sent the bank’s shares spiraling, which in turn triggered a run on the bank by the bank’s clientele fearing their deposits would be trapped if the bank failed.
    Ben Foldy, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Of the clientele, Teeth (James Frecheville) is polite but possessive.
    Amy Nicholson, Variety, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The Thompson Savannah Hotel caters to a wide range of clientele.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • But, when its revolving door spun for the last time in 1982, the clientele vanished along with the space’s Parisian allure—until last month.
    David Nash, Town & Country, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The shop manager, who declined to give his name, told us that 90% of the clientele are Hispanic and many are tourists that come based on word of mouth.
    Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Here's why things are different this time Banks and lenders with specialized clientele, just like SVB, will feel the brunt of the fallout.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Her clientele is a mixture of loyalist locals and people who’ve come from as far as Japan to partake of the menu à la the late 1700s.
    Dallas News, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The influx of new clientele has helped libraries rebound from the pandemic.
    Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
  • His vast celebrity clientele ranged from Princess Diana to the late rapper Tupac Shakur.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • The clientele tends not to be going home immediately to families at the end of a day.
    Eric Asimov, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The Rio Vista Isles lots were not particularly large, but the clientele still had money.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • While the restaurant caters mostly to an Asian clientele, everyone is welcome to try it.
    Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Live alum Chloe Fineman are reported to be among her clientele.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Ries said White started out doing small catering jobs building up her clientele enough to step out on her own.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
  • As Gold stated, Black brands are her bread and butter, but what goes into shaping her clientele?
    Danielle Wright, Essence, 10 July 2023
  • Located on the Sunset Strip, Book Soup has been catering to its celebrity clientele since 1975.
    Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Drinks will be served to Silencio’s discerning clientele while a world-class DJ or performer plays on in the background.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2024
  • So did the clientele, a not uncommon situation for New York clubs, as its very fame began to doom it.
    Curbed, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Perhaps one of the biggest closures was Sweet Lady Jane, beloved for its famous triple berry cake and celebrity clientele.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Bartenders serve stiff drinks to the eclectic clientele, who shuffle tables and chairs around at will, and there is often a samba circle or a busker.
    Jack Nicas, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Punch Bowl Social, which had a Gen-Z and millennial clientele.
    Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022

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