How to Use former in a Sentence

former

1 of 2 adjective

• The club of former Trump lawyers has a deep bench, highlighting the challenges his legal team is likely to face in the months ahead.
  — Spencer S. Hsu, David Ovalle, Jacqueline Alemany and Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2023
• The 99-year-old former president sat holding the hand of the former first lady, his wife of 77 years, for about half an hour.
  — Mary Jordan, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
• There are plenty of current and former child stars who have started their own brands as well.
  — Jessica Booth, Redbook, 9 Aug. 2023
• It’s been 27 years since the reclusive former math professor was arrested and 25 years since he was sentenced to life in prison.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2023
• Conversely, former Sox player Kyle Schwarber is 0 for 14 with six strikeouts in the past three games.
  — Amin Touri, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• Over the course of the season, the two former friends exchange texts, seemingly attempting to rekindle their friendship.
  — Liz Calvario, NBC News, 31 May 2023
• Lowe is a former chair of the housing authority's board whose reappointment the city board denied last year.
  — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2023
• This is the first playoff matchup between former MVP quarterbacks who are both under 30.
  — Noah Trister, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
• Frank Sinatra used to perform here, and former President Bill Clinton has stayed here.
  — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024
• Carter, a former star for the Bulldogs who is now on the Philadelphia Eagles roster, is also named in Bowles' lawsuit.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
• There's also The Rolling Pearl: a former 1960s milk truck that Perkins transformed into the property's signature raw bar.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2023
• Leaders like former President Otto Pérez Molina were forced to resign and sent to prison.
  — Mie Hoejris Dahl, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2023
• Those seeking to get out of extremism are paired with former extremists who serve as mentors.
  — Laurie Udesky, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
• Also left out are Vena’s outbursts in court, which a judge and his own former attorney warned would hurt his efforts to be reunified with the child.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
• One of the letters was signed by 40 current or former security execs.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 5 May 2023
• Exactly where Miller, the 24-year-old former first-round draft pick, stands in the Dodgers’ postseason pitching plans is undetermined.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2023
• Baltimore County already owns the location of a former Sears there.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 31 May 2023
• Lennon took the reigns ahead of Season 2 following former showrunner, Robert Munic’s exit.
  — Breanna Bell, Variety, 11 Nov. 2023
• Several former employees have sent their complaints to board members, to no avail.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
• Then Barr sent a racist tweet about former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 18 May 2023
• The Times’ Lila Seidman has a wonderful story about a 300-mile pathway through the world’s tallest trees, hugging the Pacific coast, being planned along a former railway.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
• Paxton's defense sought to prove his impeachment was just an attempt to settle a score by political opponents in the state House and his own former aides.
  — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
• Ferrera also shared a video clip from the event on Saturday featuring her four former costars and audio from Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
  — Clare Fisher, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
• Ates Ilyas Bassoy, a former campaign manager for the largest opposition party, wrote in a text message.
  — Gulsin Harman, New York Times, 16 May 2023
• Head coach Brian Daboll just witnessed his former team, the Bills, put up 48 points on the scoreboard against Miami using primarily his pass scheme — and better players, but still.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
• It was created by May, a former marketing exec at Disney.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
• This former Chief led the league in passes defended (23) this season and also recorded five interceptions.
  — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 9 Feb. 2024
• Contrary to the two justices, former Justice Stephen Breyer, who also had a book deal with the publishing company, recused himself from both cases.
  — Reese Gorman, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
• The movie, starring Jason Statham as a former operative who exacts revenge on behalf of his friend, was produced and financed by Miramax.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 28 Jan. 2024
• One other intriguing potential candidate to keep an eye on is former Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni.
  — Dan Gelston, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023

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former

2 of 2 noun

• None of the former led to the removal of a San Diego priest.
  — Peter Rowe, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Sep. 2017
• 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 led the list for one week, while Grateful posted two weeks in the penthouse.
  — Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 6 June 2019
• The former are charging hard to the left while the latter seek a more moderate course.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2019
• Both versions of the story pits Fox News against one of its formers stars.
  — Jen Kirby, Vox, 27 July 2018
• And while the former may not always be the case, the latter most definitely is.
  — Zahir Janmohamed, Bon Appetit, 6 June 2018
• 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 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
• 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 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
• The formers bantered over coffee and cake and gathered for group selfies.
  — Carla Power, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 opened right in the village in 1993 and doesn’t require reservations for tastings; ideal for spontaneity.
  — Elizabeth Wellington, Vogue, 16 Aug. 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
• 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 former is based on local wind resources; the latter requires public policy.
  — Roopali Phadke, CNN, 7 June 2017
• There has been ongoing tension between North Korea and the U.S. over the former's nuclear program.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 20 Apr. 2020
• 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 latter trademark would cover clothing while the former would also apply to cosmetics.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2019
• 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
• The former comes from a Teamster family, while the latter is a longtime labor organizer.
  — Gustavo Arellanocolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
• 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 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
• If Anything Happens — the former follows a gay Afghan refugee’s journey to Europe as a teenager and the latter is about parents grieving the loss of a child killed in a school shooting — were not the easiest sales to publishers.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2022
• The Department of Justice has already filed charges against 25 people, including Francis as well as 20 former and current officers in the Navy.
  — Ben Finley, The Seattle Times, 26 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

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