Use of formerly in Sentences. 29 Examples

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

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formerly at the start of sentence


  1. Formerly he often lingered about a park doing nothing.
  2. Formerly he often lingered around a park doing nothing.
  3. Formerly most of our household utensils were made of brass.
  4. Formerly close friends, they had been estranged from each other for many years.
  5. Formerly, the relations between a teacher and his pupils were dominated by fear on the part of the pupils.

formerly at the end of sentence


  1. Less people study Latin today than formerly.
  2. Modern Western men are producing less sperm than formerly.

formerly in the middle of sentence


  1. He had formerly been in the Navy.
  2. Algeria was formerly a French colony.
  3. Peru was formerly ruled by the Spanish.
  4. This elegant hotel was formerly a castle.
  5. The local school was formerly a hospital.
  6. Smocks were formerly worn by farm workers.
  7. Burundi was formerly a Belgian trusteeship.
  8. The British were formerly dominant in India.
  9. The formerly robust economy has begun to weaken.
  10. I learnt that the house had formerly been an inn.
  11. This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.
  12. Churkin, 43, was formerly a deputy foreign minister.
  13. Some of our formerly loyal members have fallen away.
  14. That formerly how to pick, time flies straight forward.
  15. The European Union was formerly called the European Community.
  16. The building, formerly a Masonic temple, stood twelve stories.
  17. This area was formerly within the sphere of influence of the US.
  18. We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.
  19. The company formerly belonged to an international banking group.
  20. The Orkney islands were formerly dependencies of Norway and Denmark.
  21. The European Union was formerly known as the European Economic Community.
  22. This painting was formerly owned privately, but now it belongs to the Nation.

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