How do you use Former in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like past or latter, plus the exact meaning.
Former in a sentence
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Former meaning
- Previous.
- First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.
Synonyms of Former
Using Former
- The main meaning on this page is: Previous. | First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.
- Useful related words include: past, latter, first, other.
- In the example corpus, former often appears in combinations such as: and former, former president, the former.
Example sentences (20)
Among those released and expelled from the country are former presidential candidates, journalists, former Sandinista guerrilla commanders, former ministers, former diplomats and former leaders of industry and commerce.
Also, former Governor Lucky Igbinedion of Edo State, Mahamud Shinkafi, former Governor of Zamfara State, Isah Yuguda, former Governor of Bauchi State, Victor Attah, former Governor of Akwa Ibom, and Chief Achike Udenwa, former Governor of Imo State.
There is still plenty of time to potentially add another veteran, like former Seahawk Bryon Mone, former Ram Sebastian Joseph-Day, former Colt Taven Bryan, former Texan Hassan Ridgeway, and even former Steeler Chris Wormley.
It names former CEO Brian Molefe, former CFO Anoj Singh, former acting CEO and group executive of generation Matshela Koko and former legal head turned whistle-blower Suzanne Daniels.
The October 27 meeting was mentioned in the eulogy for former ConCom member and former Senate President Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel, Jr., by Reuben Canoy, former ConCom member and like Pimentel, a former Cagayan de Oro City mayor.
The sheriff also thanked former chief deputies, former sheriff’s department officers and deputies, former investigators, former district attorneys.
Hinds was accompanied by former Minister of Local Government, Kellawan Lall; former Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai; former Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsarran and former Minister of Housing Irfaan Ali.
Others at the event former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido; former governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi; former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu; former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwanso.
Trump talks on the phone in the Oval Office, along with former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, former chief strategist Steve Bannon, former Communications Director Sean Spicer, and former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.
Clinton — like self-confessed liars or dissimulators John Brennan, former CIA Director, James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, and former FBI Directors James Comey and Andrew McCabe — was exempted from all legal jeopardy.
Former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie that the United States needed to stand up to Russia.
Former colleagues have also spoken out about the star, including former creative director Quinn Whitney Wilson and former dancer Courtney Hollinquest.
He also represented businessman Igor Fruman, a former associate of former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani who along with associate Lev Parnas helped introduce him to Ukrainians while the former New York mayor probed alleged Biden corruption in Ukraine.
He said that Dr. Ezeife’s legacies as former governor, former Permanent Secretary and former Political Adviser will remain indelible in the minds of people, describing his death as painful and regrettable.
He will be the 11th former Braves star to receive this honor, joining the likes of his former teammates Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones, Greg Maddux and John Smoltz, as well as his former manager Bobby Cox.
More than 24 party MLAs and 50 former ministers, former MLAs and former MPs, besides senior leaders, were present at the programme.
Rishi Shah, 37, co-founder and former CEO, Shradha Agarwal, 37, former president, and Brad Purdy, 33, former chief operating officer, were convicted of defrauding Outcome Health's lenders and investors.
The group drew a former premier, a former provincial cabinet minister and a former Conservative MP to their first conference last summer, a month before Poilievre was elected leader of the Conservative Party.
The unusually crowded field of contenders includes six former city council members, a former city controller, a Pennsylvania state representative, a former judge, and a grocer.
Two former ministers of former President and presidential hopeful Ricardo Martinelli were sentenced to prison for corruption and money laundering, in a case that also splashes two of the former president’s sons.
Common combinations with former
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and former 73×
- former president 50×
- the former 49×
- former governor 21×
- of former 19×
- former minister 11×
- his former 11×
- former chief 10×
- former vice 10×
- by former 9×