What is "patronize"

Usage examples of "patronize".

Calabria wheedling, remonstrating, cajoling and patronizing the new master by turns, now for his misguided notions of fairness in dealing with the striking miners, now for the uses of influence in getting ahead, breaking off for a highly theatrical interlude of mugging and arson and here came the playful glissando again as new comic possibilities emerged in the parade of petty thieves, rumpots, fugitives from wives and creditors and a brace of Chippewa Indians being cursorily questioned, pummeled, browbeaten, paid and fleeced as recruits for the Union army by the mine manager in his time away from raising stores of vermifuges, decorative sabres, trusses and mule feed cut with sand in the patriotic cause.

Sulla stiffly, careful not to let his anger at being patronized show, but moment by moment hardening in his resolve that this conceited mediocrity should die.

Robert Milner was sure Bragford was patronizing them, but he was suffering too greatly from the embarrassment to respond.

At least Robert had patronized her by pretending to be interested in her views and outspoken opinions on just about everything.

When she was on the verge of slipping to the floor she was administered ever-increasing doses of heroin over a period of two weeks, then prettified by a hairdresser and taken to the crudest of whorehouses in Durango, patronized by the poorest cowboys and miners and riffraff.

No smart-ass grin, no patronizing, snarky frown, but something of the real person he kept well hidden inside.

Ozark traditionalism, but his patronizing attitude toward women did not prevent the New Deal that he offered workers from outgrowing its initially expedient aims and taking deep root within the company.

Fairfords were not going to Brighton, but to Worthing instead, a resort much patronized by persons to whom the racket of Brighton was distasteful.

Little Arcady felt a genuine if patronizing sympathy for his mistress.

And some others, like Leander Babbitt or Captain Hunniwell, came to ask his advice on personal matters, although even they patronized him just a little.

The river men and sailors who patronized the smoky saloons and barrelhouses of Gallatin Street were a brutish lot, but the whores were even tougher.

The Ecuadorian government, strange to say, does not patronize these steamers, but carries the Quito mail in a canoe.

I must teach Du Vrangr Gata the same lesson that I taught the Council of Elders: I may be young, but I am no child to be patronized.

Sadly Bethel had seen Andy bid her good night--he so pleading, Mahala so patronizing.

Arnold suspected that Hester Kohn might be patronizing him, but Kohn and Munson Gallery enjoyed a huge reputation.