Sentence examples for sought patrons from inspiring English sources

Shams al-Din al-Shahrazuri (d.ca.1288) identifies this period as his quest for spiritual guidance, a period when he would have met a number of Sufi masters, such as Fakhr al-Din al-Maridini (d.1198), and would have sought patrons among the local rulers of Anatolia.

The police said they were seeking patrons of the restaurant for questioning.

By then recognized in Mexico as a leading mural painter, he sought new patrons for commissions.

Both through correspondence and on visits to the Netherlands, he sought new patrons, but with only limited success.

It's a useful perk of owning the squared-shouldered sedan, but the ruse has occasionally backfired — when cab-seeking patrons have opened a door to get in.

In September, 1871, he again sought a patron, writing to Paul Verlaine, whose poetry he knew and admired, with a sampling of his latest work.

Today, Singapore has the greatest percentage of millionaires in the world — prime targets for art dealers and artists seeking wealthy patrons.

Vainly seeking wealthy patrons for his scholarly pursuits, Casanova is seen as both an intellectual figure of the Enlightenment and a licentious voluptuary of a corrupt society about to be swept away by the French Revolution.

In medieval times, artisans would seek wealthy patrons to support them in the pursuit of their work without all the bother of a day job.

The French Revolution of 1848, which saw the final overthrow of the French monarchy, prompted him to resettle in London and seek new patrons among the British elite.

As well as spending billions on advertising campaigns, the brands sought out celebrity patrons, injecting huge sums into sports and music in return for endorsements.