Get to know Erstwhile better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like former or formerly.
Erstwhile in a sentence
Erstwhile meaning
Formerly; in the past.
Using Erstwhile
- The main meaning on this page is: Formerly; in the past.
- Useful related words include: former, at one time, formerly, once.
- In the example corpus, erstwhile often appears in combinations such as: the erstwhile, his erstwhile, erstwhile state.
Context around Erstwhile
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 12 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Erstwhile
- In this selection, "erstwhile" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, driver, murchie, privileged, mva, president and rugby stand out and add context to how "erstwhile" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include congress and erstwhile president of and drafted the erstwhile state s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "erstwhile" sits close to words such as absorbs, arenas and asda, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with erstwhile
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Green minister Lorna Slater also sounds hacked off with her erstwhile Indy ally. (13 words)
In some cases, Jewish DPs found themselves in the same camp with their erstwhile persecutors. (15 words)
Ayseha first appears in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as the team's erstwhile employer. (16 words)
Some of the petitioners opposing the repeal of Article 370 had argued that the provision could not have been abrogated as the term of the Jammu and Kashmir constituent Assembly ended in 1957 after it drafted the erstwhile state’s Constitution. (41 words)
It was only erstwhile Governor Peter Obi that swept all the stakes in the states of the southeast (Enugu, Anambra, Abia, Imo and Ebonyi) leaving none for any other party with exceptional and eccentric huge margins in all the states. (40 words)
Further, the Holding Company had received various orders from tax and provident fund authorities prohibiting the Holding Company from making any payment to an erstwhile director; accordingly the Holding Company has withheld payment of Rs. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Andhare accused the government of deploying central probe agencies and misusing public offices, which led to the collapse of the erstwhile MVA government in June 2022.
Apart from being a former state governor, is also a one-time national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress () and erstwhile president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
A retired Telstra estimator, truck driver, erstwhile rugby league player, father of two and grandfather, Strong had been forgetting things for years.
Article 370 was abrogated by the Narendra Modi government in 2019, thus stripping away the special status guaranteed to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
As mentioned in a previous article, I had been invited to Lochranza by Finlay Murchie, erstwhile third engineer on the doomed Hudsons Bay ship Baychimo to go sea-fishing off Skipness Point.
Ayseha first appears in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as the team's erstwhile employer.
But Johnson’s belief that he will be back is merely following the lead of fellow Old Etonian David Cameron and Cameron’s equally privileged erstwhile sidekick George Osborne.
But their feelings toward their erstwhile hero have changed, largely because of his now divisive online persona.
Furthermore, setting small goals or having daily routines can provide a sense of accomplishment and purpose, replacing the erstwhile work-driven validations.
Further, the Holding Company had received various orders from tax and provident fund authorities prohibiting the Holding Company from making any payment to an erstwhile director; accordingly the Holding Company has withheld payment of Rs.
Green minister Lorna Slater also sounds hacked off with her erstwhile Indy ally.
Hardwick voiced Hank’s bestie/neighbor, the chain-smoking, conspiracy-obsessed bug exterminator Dale Gribble in all 258 episodes of the erstwhile Fox series.
He’s an enormously talented writer and erstwhile editor of the tragically defunct OC Weekly, which kicked some serious official booty on Swaim’s watch.
In a black-and-white dress and chunky glasses, with salt-and-pepper hair falling to her shoulders, she betrayed little sign of the erstwhile punk and activist.
In some cases, Jewish DPs found themselves in the same camp with their erstwhile persecutors.
In the erstwhile tax regime, the provision of corporate guarantee in the absence of a consideration was not taxable.
It may be noted that bringing in the anti-cow slaughter legislation was on the priority list of the erstwhile BJP dispensation as it catered to its core ideology.
It was only erstwhile Governor Peter Obi that swept all the stakes in the states of the southeast (Enugu, Anambra, Abia, Imo and Ebonyi) leaving none for any other party with exceptional and eccentric huge margins in all the states.
Some of the petitioners opposing the repeal of Article 370 had argued that the provision could not have been abrogated as the term of the Jammu and Kashmir constituent Assembly ended in 1957 after it drafted the erstwhile state’s Constitution.
The BJP leader claimed KCR stands for ‘Kasim Chandrasekhar Razvi’ alluding to the general of the erstwhile Nizam’s military Kasim Razvi.
Common combinations with erstwhile
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the erstwhile 87×
- his erstwhile 18×
- erstwhile state 15×
- an erstwhile 9×
- of erstwhile 9×
- and erstwhile 8×
- their erstwhile 6×
- erstwhile allies 5×
- by erstwhile 3×
- against erstwhile 3×