Use of former in Sentences. 26 Examples

The examples include former at the start of sentence, former at the end of sentence and former in the middle of sentence

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former at the end of sentence


  1. Of swimming and football he much preferred the former.
  2. Where unemployment and crime are high, it can be assumed that the latter is due to the former.

former in the middle of sentence


  1. Our former process was too costly.
  2. My former husband is a journalist.
  3. He duplicated his former mistakes.
  4. Australia is a former British colony.
  5. All his former friends turned against him.
  6. The former option favours the married man.
  7. There is goodwill between the former enemies.
  8. Allow me to present my former teacher to you.
  9. Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.
  10. In former times, people used to fight with swords.
  11. He pleaded not guilty to murdering his former wife.
  12. The family never quite regained its former influence.
  13. Australia and New Zealand are former British colonies.
  14. Shevehenko made an emotional return to his former club.
  15. The former priest denied allegations of sexual misconduct.
  16. The house, a former barn, has been attractively converted.
  17. Despite everything, she bore her former boss no animosity.
  18. Her arrogance has disenchanted many of her former admirers.
  19. John chanced upon a former colleague of his at the airport.
  20. She has become a grotesque parody of her former elegant self.
  21. The electors declared against their former Member of Parliament.
  22. A disgruntled former employee is being blamed for the explosion.
  23. A former student has donated a munificent sum of money to the college.
  24. Many support the former alternative, but personally I favour the latter .

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