How to Use former in a Sentence

former

1 of 2 adjective

• So, did a former slave flip the concept?
  — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
• The studio lot sits on the grounds of a former airport.
  — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
• Lawrence’s former teammates were also on hand to put on a show.
  — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
• His former teammates watched the highlight reel with glee from afar.
  — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
• The pair played former CIA spies.
  — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
• Trevor Megill pitched a perfect ninth against his former team for his fifth save.
  — CBS News, 16 May 2026
• This isn’t simply a case of a coach propping up one of his former players.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 15 Jan. 2026
• Most coaches are former spellers who are still in college or even high school.
  — Ben Nuckols, Fortune, 23 May 2026
• More news to know now A former prince arrested.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
• There are plenty of current and former child stars who have started their own brands as well.
  — Jessica Booth, Redbook, 9 Aug. 2023
• White’s letter to his former boss remained untouched on the gate.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• In a former Glendale doughnut shop, no less.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
• He's helped dozens of former inmates adjust to student life.
  — Rina Nakano, CBS News, 6 June 2026
• Sitting on the opposite bench that night was a former captain of the club.
  — Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 23 May 2026
• Police were often called to their former home in Oak Park.
  — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
• Few players in this class love football more than this guy, a former hay bale toss champion.
  — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
• One of his former teachers was still there, coaxing students to line up neatly.
  — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
• On Thursday, former schools Supt.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
• With his former employer bringing a park to the region, his move comes at just the right time.
  — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
• Out came Luke Weaver, one of the many former Yankees, to hold the lead.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 May 2026
• Damon played one of Jack's former roommates in a non-speaking role.
  — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
• Hotel rooms are converted from former prison cells.
  — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
• The second-year former first-round draft pick didn’t even have to be on the floor to face Doncic’s wrath.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• Belichick's former star tight end, Rob Gronkowski, is in that same boat.
  — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• But my former colleagues do the opposite.
  — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
• Perkins was the school's former director of race and equity.
  — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 15 Jan. 2026
• Webb will call plays through the lens of a former NFL quarterback.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 June 2026
• Corbett is among the four former starters who have left Carolina in free agency this month.
  — Mike Kaye march 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026
• Along the way, the cat joins forces with former foes of various species aboard a boat in search of dry land and a new beginning.
  — Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• Only Bean — like Horschel a former UF star — went on the win.
  — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026

former

2 of 2 noun

• The former comes with six Xe-cores and six ray-tracing units.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 30 Mar. 2022
• The former seemed to rise up for a floater, but instead pushed a lob to the center, who threw it down.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Feb. 2022
• The former are charging hard to the left while the latter seek a more moderate course.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2019
• The former led the list for one week, while Grateful posted two weeks in the penthouse.
  — Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 6 June 2019
• And while the former may not always be the case, the latter most definitely is.
  — Zahir Janmohamed, Bon Appetit, 6 June 2018
• Both versions of the story pits Fox News against one of its formers stars.
  — Jen Kirby, Vox, 27 July 2018
• The formers bantered over coffee and cake and gathered for group selfies.
  — Carla Power, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• The former has spent the past few seasons pushing on the edges of his game, in large part because his circumstances demand it.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• The former comes off selfish and suffers from a narrative lacking a true sense of urgency.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 17 Oct. 2020
• The former is based on local wind resources; the latter requires public policy.
  — Roopali Phadke, CNN, 7 June 2017
• The latter trademark would cover clothing while the former would also apply to cosmetics.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2019
• And so the mutation-selection balance is maintained over time, the latter rising to the fore if the former comes to greater prominence.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2010
• The former should be a slam dunk, given the influence his Fab Five teams at Michigan had on the college game.
  — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 June 2017
• Several speakers said that the former's success at treating chronic pain can be used as a tool to reduce opioid addiction.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 26 Aug. 2017
• The latter was developed as an understudy to Austin Hedges in his first full season in the majors, while the former showed up in spurts.
  — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Jan. 2018
• Questions centered on the former often get back to the concept of simplifying the game, avoiding the overthinking that can plague a young pitcher.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 22 Sep. 2022
• The best ones, which unfortunately are almost impossible to find, are made with synthetic oils, and are not film formers like paint.
  — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
• The former comes from a Teamster family, while the latter is a longtime labor organizer.
  — Gustavo Arellanocolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
• The latter drove the Jayhawks to a victory in Austin last month with 21 points and three assists while the former struggled down the stretch.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 3 Feb. 2020
• The former made a surprise appearance supporting his cousin during the last moments of the show, where the two artists rapped along to some of Baby Keem’s songs.
  — Uvie Bikomo, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2022
• In her interview scenes with the journalist reporting on the formers strippers’ crimes, Wu’s character is cloaked in white.
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2019
• Okaka held off two challenges and played in Roberto Pereyra who's shot initially forced a corner, with the former was soon celebrating.
  — SI.com, 12 Aug. 2017
• The former opened right in the village in 1993 and doesn’t require reservations for tastings; ideal for spontaneity.
  — Elizabeth Wellington, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2018
• From the 93, the shoe borrows its sock-like fit—which Nike helped pioneer 25 years ago with the former's then-radical neoprene lining.
  — Jake Woolf, GQ, 10 Jan. 2018
• Just as the article is available with a Google search, so, too, is the lawsuit, though the latter has been cited on the rarest occasions while the former has been recycled over and over again.
  — Jerome Groopman, The New York Review of Books, 9 May 2019
• Never belonged to anyone, the subterra-formers, the engineers or post-military and all their kin who populate the Hive.
  — Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics, 20 Nov. 2017
• According to a show rep, stars participating on The Masked Singer are paid a former of compensation.
  — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
• Kim and Cohen met while the former was an associate creative director at Vice; Cohen served as a casting director on one of Kim’s projects.
  — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 18 June 2018
• In one of his most famous lines, Thucydides stated his belief that war between Athens and Sparta became inevitable as the former's power grew and thus inspired fear in the latter.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 21 June 2017
• According to experts who've compared the transactions costs of paying via Bitcoin versus credit cards, the former would cut the current interchange fee by around 75%.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2019