erstwhile
Example Sentences
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Once part of the erstwhile princely state of Mysore, it was known as "garden city" or a "pensioner's paradise".
From Barron's
Riordan understood what our erstwhile owners did not: We had all skirmished in the arena, but there was no reason we couldn’t celebrate the important role of an independent media.
From Los Angeles Times
That he spent all of his adult life in erstwhile Bombay - one of the earliest cities to be influenced by the Art Deco movement - was probably a crucial reason why he gravitated towards this style.
From BBC
We walked by the erstwhile locations of old stamping grounds Sunset Beer Co. and the ArcLight Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times
Council member Elissa Silverman’s decision to poll last year’s Ward 3 Democratic primary election, concluding a controversial saga that the erstwhile lawmaker says cost her a seat on the council.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
