Example Sentences
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Patronized by Americo-Liberian ladies who see themselves less as fellow Africans than as a civilizing vanguard, Gbessa negotiates a double exclusion that only intensifies once she marries the settlers’ military chief.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2019
Patronized by well-to-do Kenyans and expatriates, Westgate mall epitomized the African consumer bonanza that is drawing foreign investment - from West and East - to one of the world's fastest growing regions.
From Reuters • Sep. 24, 2013
Patronized by WPA on a scale unequaled even by the Renaissance Church, they began earnestly plastering the walls of U.S. post offices and courthouses with attempts at monumentality.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is a charitable fanatic, who does more good in the East End than all the Royally Patronized Associations put together.
From The Crooked House by Fleming, Brandon
Patronized entirely by labouring men and women, it was an indication to their needs.
From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Vorst, Marie Van
