former

[ˈfɔːrmər]

Definition:
1. Belonging to some prior time.
2. The first of two or the first mentioned of two.
3. Of the distant past.

'former' example sentence:

1. A former loafter, he is now an advanced worker.
2. He called on former Republican voters to return to the fold.
3. In France's former North African colonies, anti-French feeling is growing.
4. The company was ordered to pay compensation to its former employees.
5. Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union.
6. The divorce process should not be used as a means to get back at your former partner.
7. The former President was demanding that he should be either put on trial or set free.
8. One former director embezzled$ 34 million in company funds.
9. He is conducting a point-by-point rebuttal of charges from former colleagues.
10. We tried to contact all former students, but one or two slipped through the net.
11. Their farm has been reduced to half its former size.
12. He was forced to turn for aid to his former enemy.
13. He has been accused of betraying his former socialist ideals.
14. We hope to restore the garden to its former glory.
15. This beautiful old building has been restored to its former glory .
16. He'll go to great lengths to get his child back from his former wife.
17. The Brady Bill is named for former White House Press Secretary James Brady.
18. They accused the former president of being a backseat driver.
19. Her father was the former editor of the Saturday Review.
20. She felt estranged from her former existence.
21. Up to 2,000 former employees have filed personal injury suits against the company.
22. He duplicated his former mistakes.
23. Fans were saddened to see the former champion play so badly.
24. The former owner had not left any forwarding address.
25. The former wild man of rock has reinvented himself as a respectable family man.
26. The former military ruler of Lesotho has been placed under house arrest.
27. Newspapers have been fulsome in their praise of the former president.
28. The house has now been restored to its former glory.
29. Some former hostages contradicted the official version of events.
30. They lauded the former president as a hero.
31. The airline plans to auction its international routes to former competitors.
32. She seems more like her former self.
33. The original elections were declared void by the former military ruler.
34. The palace has been restored to its former splendour.
35. She has been heard to make threats to her former lover.
36. She tried to escape the unwanted attentions of her former boyfriend.
37. No one wants to employ somebody who bad-mouths their former employer.
38. The robins occupied their former nest.
39. The former option would be much more sensible.
40. His former home is for sale at £ 495,000.
41. The company was ordered to pay compensation to its former employee.
42. Of the two possibilities, the former seems more likely.
43. Of the two the latter is better than the former.
44. The former president paid an unofficial visit to China.
45. He found it demeaning to work for his former employee.
46. Earlier this month, a luncheon for former U.N. staff was held in Vienna.
47. One former director embezzled $34 million in company funds.
48. One former patient has already indicated his intention to sue.
49. A former art student fronted the band.
50. She is very virulent about her former employer.
51. The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.
52. He was labelled (as) a traitor by his former colleagues.
53. The bank had to pay to buy out most of the 200 former partners.
54. A school has honoured one of its brightest and most promising former students.
55. This beautiful old building has been restored to its former glory.
56. That forceful young woman edged out the former headmaster and is now headmaster herself.
57. He had to choose between giving up his job and giving up his principles. He chose the former.
58. A former associate of Mr. Pierce's was among the project's boosters.
59. The paper accused her of trying to revenge herself on her former lover.
60. Her article showed no charity towards her former friends.
61. Many women have been able to pick up the threads of their former career.
62. He would want you to remember him as he was in former years.