whilom

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John Randolph Hearst Jr., 28, whilom journalist and grandson of William Randolph Hearst; and Patricia Lusk Tenny, 23, onetime Hearst magazine trainee; in Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the same time, he delivered a few more oblique shafts at his chief tormentor, Senator William Fulbright, a whilom hero of the intellectuals.

From Time Magazine Archive

Believing as he still does that he is God's anointed, the whilom All Highest feels a duty, a pious obligation to preach.

From Time Magazine Archive

The movie colony is now off, like a merrily misguided missile, on another of its whilom whooshes toward the unknown.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had gone over all the mishaps which had taken place and he was now absolutely convinced that his whilom friend Braine and the Countess Perigoff were directly concerned.

From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold