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

“He was a Nazi, but a reasonable one,” an erstwhile eighth grader tells Bilger.

From New York Times

With erstwhile allies like New York’s mayor, Eric Adams, and Chicago’s outgoing mayor, Lori Lightfoot, pleading for assistance with a flood of migrants, that conclusion will not be contained to Republican voters.

From New York Times

Fourteenth Street, the city’s erstwhile red-light district, begin to fill up with fashionable restaurants.

From Washington Post

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