Sentence examples for local patron from inspiring English sources

In college, at Harvard, Emerson was the local patron saint.

Talking over the pleasant din of Morrissey's "Suedehead", I ask Frank, a local patron, if he ever met Bukowski.

Then I notice almost every single local patron is clutching a plastic pint glass filled with the stuff.

He's even got a name – Baciccia, a dialect title for John the Baptist, the local patron saint.

But if some residents and shop owners spoke of Mr. Gotti as a kind of local patron saint, others shied away fearfully after hearing his name.

Syria Ascendant: 1984 99 In the final phase of Lebanon's civil war, Syria — Hezbollah's local patron — is left as the dominant power broker; after more years of fighting it helps arrange a truce in 1990.

Local patrons can turn awhile from preserving their time warp.

Local patrons, impressed by his talent, sent him to study painting in Rome from 1709 to 1719.

We know, too, that Palladio was popular with local patrons, labourers and craftsmen.

A few identifiable provincial writers turn out to have had their own local patrons, often among the country gentry.

The Ink Pad holds classes in subjects like card making and stamp layering for its local patrons.