Examples of 'former' in a sentence
Meaning of "former"
Former is used to describe someone or something that previously held a particular position, status, or role but no longer does. It refers to a past state or condition that is no longer current
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- Previous.
- First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.
- Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
- An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
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Never ever barge in on a former girlfriend unannounced.
Former vassals want to seize this chance.
Right to return to former location and relocation.
Former diplomat and specialist in international organizations.
Not just her former gymnastics teacher.
Former victims who are assisted in three phases.
Elderly persons and former military personnel.
The former employer you are testifying against.
Option of representation by former or current staff members.
Mapping former reporting categories and methodologies.
Add one missing former home owner.
If he is former military then it suggests mercenary work.
That old man was a former teacher of mine.
Former longshoreman turned professional social liaison.
He believes the former forgives the latter.
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This man is a shadow of his former self.
And the former boy in blue.
Please note that it is not a former oratory.
The former and the next.
I pray thee bear my former answer back.
Enable former public servants to request legal advice.
A number of your superiors are former schoolmates of mine.
We have seen former enemies living peacefully together.
So they contracted with their former slaves.
They are often former fishermen with rudimentary vessels.
Claim for reinstatement in his former post.
Most of them are former industrial buildings or colonial farms.
Support for the reintegration of former combatants.
The protection of former combatants and war victims.
I am short of evidence to support the former version.
The sins of my former life must be atoned for.
Several letters of resignation from former employees.
The former was killed and the latter wounded.
Globalization has replaced former visions of autarky.
Former unsubscribes are no longer taken in account in this list.
Of the international conference on the former yugoslavia.
Programme related to former combatants in the assembly areas.
True nobility is being superior to your former self.
She experienced her former life before you.
Former suspect in a missing child investigation.
I can tell you this as a former politician.
Former practitioners of excision were now educating the population.
Peace is being consolidated in several former conflict areas.
That former fatty wants to show me up at my own game.
His delegation supported the former view.
Oswald is my former partner in computer crime.
Progress has been made on both former issues.
Your former president left your finances in a mess.
You tried to kill your former husband.
A former secretary of state and a national security advisor.
