How to Use patroness in a Sentence

patroness

noun
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  • Local officials said that the icon of the patroness of the city was retrieved from under the rubble.
    — Hanna Arhirova and Elise Morton, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023
  • Ukrainian officials said the icon of the patroness of the city had been retrieved from under the rubble.
    — Heather Chen, CNN, 23 July 2023
  • She’s been known as the patroness of those with nervous disorders ever since.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2022
  • Their music, costumes, and moves imitate Aztec styles—all in the worship of a Catholic patroness.
    — Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 24 Dec. 2019
  • The Madonna del Ghisallo became known as the patroness of travelers.
    — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 10 May 2017
  • Menhit was a lion goddess associated with war, Heka was the god of magic and medicine, and Neith was the patroness of the city of Sais.
    — Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2022
  • In April of 2022, the Vatican approved a petition to recognize the Madonna of the Bridge as the official patroness of basketball.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
  • Even today, Mary holds the title of general in the armies of Argentina and Chile, where she is considered a national patroness.
    — Dorian Llywelyn, The Conversation, 7 July 2022
  • Tchaikovsky’s longtime patroness Nadezhda von Meck is portrayed by Helen Farrell.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2020
  • The following month, the Vatican formally approved the petition to recognize the Madonna of the Bridge as the official patroness of basketball.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
  • Miss Havisham from Great Expectations This boss patroness takes her single self to the extreme by ignoring not just her own sell-by date: buy a few cakes and tea sandwiches to leave out for several weeks if not months to create this look.
    — Vogue, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Miss Havisham from Great Expectations This boss patroness takes her single self to the extreme by ignoring not just her own sell-by date; buy a few cakes and tea sandwiches to leave out for several weeks, if not months, to create this look.
    — Bridget Read, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2018

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