'former' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'former' with 19 example sentences.
- former adjective
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: 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
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: 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.