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.

Use 'former' in a 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.