FORMERLY in a Sentence
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362 example sentences for FORMERLY, such as:
1. The British were formerly dominant in India.
2. Allow me to present my former teacher to you.
3. He no longer came quite close to them as formerly.
4. That formerly how to pick, time flies straight forward.
5. Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union.
2. Allow me to present my former teacher to you.
3. He no longer came quite close to them as formerly.
4. That formerly how to pick, time flies straight forward.
5. Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union.
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Meanings and Examples of FORMERLY
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formerly
ad. at a previous time
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 In addition to this, there was in the garden a stable, which had formerly been the kitchen of the hospital, and in which the Bishop kept two cows.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
2 The door of the dining-room, which, as we have said, opened directly on the cathedral square, had formerly been ornamented with locks and bolts like the door of a prison.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
3 Monseigneur Bienvenu had formerly been, if the stories anent his youth, and even in regard to his manhood, were to be believed, a passionate, and, possibly, a violent man.
4 At the point in this melancholy drama which we have now reached, nothing is left to Fantine of that which she had formerly been.
5 He reminded "the gentlemen of the jury" that "the sieur Baloup, formerly a master-wheelwright, with whom the accused stated that he had served, had been summoned in vain."
6 He had formerly been a pruner of trees, and he gladly found himself a gardener once more.
7 Where he had formerly beheld the fall of the monarchy, he now saw the advent of France.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
8 Vast nature, formerly so filled with forms, lights, voices, counsels, perspectives, horizons, teachings, now lay empty before him.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—MARIUS, WHILE SEEKING A GIRL IN A BONNET, ENCOU...
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—MARIUS, WHILE SEEKING A GIRL IN A BONNET, ENCOU...
9 She had besides, more than formerly, in her face that indescribably terrified and lamentable something which sojourn in a prison adds to wretchedness.
10 This coquettish garden, formerly decidedly compromised, had returned to virginity and modesty.
11 He no longer came quite close to them as formerly.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—TO ONE SADNESS OPPOSE A SADNESS AND A HALF
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—TO ONE SADNESS OPPOSE A SADNESS AND A HALF
12 But one diversion, which had formerly been a happiness, remained to them, which was to carry bread to those who were hungry, and clothing to those who were cold.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A WOUND WITHOUT, HEALING WITHIN
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A WOUND WITHOUT, HEALING WITHIN
13 Through these windows there was formerly visible a lofty and lugubrious wall, which was a fragment of the outer wall of La Force.
14 It seemed as though words failed that creature formerly so heedless and so bold.
15 The impression which he had formerly experienced when falling from the wall into the convent recurred to him.
Example Sentence: (152 in 11 pages)
1 The British were formerly dominant in India.
2 That formerly how to pick, time flies straight forward.
3 But many streets in areas formerly reserved for whites still recall apartheid and colonial figures.
4 The audience were disappointed in the comedian because he lapsed from his formerly high standard of performance.
5 It had formerly been my endeavour to study all sides of his character.
6 Fisher can win the Dubai World Championship, but isn't guaranteed the title formerly called Order
7 I'm not sure which is more implausible, the notion that people would ever get blasé about a 40-foot-high, formerly extinct reptile or that a theme park would try to boost its revenue in such a wildly risky way.
8 The former leader now has to watch his successor unpicking much of what he strived so hard to achieve.
9 The centre will act as a clearing house for research projects for former nuclear scientists.
10 In France's former North African colonies, anti-French feeling is growing.
11 Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union.
12 Allow me to present my former teacher to you.
13 There are only two powers in the world, the sword and the pen; and in the end the former is always conquered by the latter.
14 A former legal-aid attorney, Mr Morrison is unusual in accepting, even welcoming, a liberal label.
15 BReid, who is a former deputy district attorney, did not return a phone call seeking comment.