patron

Example Sentences

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More gave Holbein a place to stay while the painter was in London and became his most important patron during his two-year sojourn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Just as Pilates has a patron saint in Joseph Pilates, the field of somatics has the late Thomas Hanna, a philosopher and student of neurology who coined the term in 1976.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Two organisations of which Mette-Marit was patron have already ended their collaboration with her while others have asked for an explanation.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

The island is experiencing its worst days since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, Havana’s steadfast patron.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Huitzilopochtli had long been the Mexica’s patron deity.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann