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"Former" in a Sentence (22 examples)
Kyoto was the former capital of Japan.
Fish and meat are both nourishing, but the latter is more expensive than the former.
The company took action against its former accountant.
Love is above money. The latter can't give as much happiness as the former.
I prefer the former plan to the latter.
Television has robbed cinema of its former popularity.
Joan and Jane are sisters. The former is a pianist.
Of these two opinions, I prefer the latter to the former.
Former pop stars are just plain old women by the time they're 40.
The former is inferior to the latter in some respect.
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the former East Germany
At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
The former-slaves-turned-abolitionists Quobna Ottobah Cugoano and Olaudah Equiano were the chief organizers of the Sons of Africa.
Another ANC splinter party, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK), led by former President Jacob Zuma appears to be on course to do well in KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern coastal province where Durban is located.
The former is a good idea but the latter is not.
We have two cars, a red one and a blue one. We won the former on a game show.
Bananas are tastier than parsnips, but the latter’s nutritional value is higher than the former’s.
Dave was the former of the company.
The brick arch was built using a wooden former.
Fifth-former.
Sixth-former.
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