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'former' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'former' with 19 example sentences.


former adjective

: referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)

: belonging to some prior time

: (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

: belonging to the distant past

former noun

: the first of two or the first mentioned of two


  • She's a former student of his.
  • Yesterday, I met one of my former teachers.
  • Our former home was in Sweden.
  • He was only a shadow of his former self.
  • He was a former university professor and researcher.
  • My former wife could at least cook.
  • The former half of the film was dull.
  • The former President's death was announced.
  • They saw their former employer at a conference.
  • I prefer the former plan to the latter.
  • The former minister of energy was elected president on Sunday.
  • He was not at all thankful to his former teacher.
  • The former kings are not forgotten.
  • The table and the bed stood in their former places.
  • Dan was sued by one of his former tenants.
  • She was a former first lady.
  • A former wife is an ex-wife.
  • The most terrible enemy is a former friend.
  • Television has robbed cinema of its former popularity.
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