How To Use Erstwhile In A Sentence

Many of the president's erstwhile critics seem willing to give him a chance.
These comments provide a glimpse into the thinking of a layer of extremely wealthy Hollywood liberals or erstwhile liberals, whose commitment to democratic rights is increasingly tenuous.
The audio, which hijacks your cardiac tempo as only ominous electronica amped up in the dark can do, mixes recordings of two timepieces of erstwhile global authority.
Hilary Clinton's status as an erstwhile Obama rival might undermine the traditional trump card of a secretary of state.
There are lessons here for all of us, not just his erstwhile friends on the Right. Times, Sunday Times

To be fair to the script writers, they have made Todd behave in a way which entitled his erstwhile friends and neighbours to complain about his conduct.
The internal emergency was imposed and many oppositon leaders, especially of the erstwhile Jana sangh,. the predecessor to the present Bharatiya Janata party were held in Bangalore. the jail, like the jails of old, provided room for the leaders to introspect and devise ways to end the hegemony of the congress party. Uncertainty Ahead in Karnataka Elections
In assembly elections last November, the erstwhile mainstream parties were beaten by the hard-liners -- Sinn Fein, the political arm of the Irish Republican Army, and the DUP, led by the loyalist, anti - "popery" firebrand Ian Paisley. MARCHING TOWARD CIVILITY
Latham had a reputation for erratic behaviour, not consulting his erstwhile colleagues and for some of the most unparliamentary language ever entered into Hansard.
Getting a brand that was erstwhile pushed by James Bond himself?
So, this erstwhile Cosmo centrefold (seriously), what's he going to do then? Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
It disturbed me in my comfort spots, comforted me in my disturbed spots, and, as an erstwhile writer of fiction, I was simultaneously enraptured by her facility with words and timing; and nearly unconsolable and jealous and angry with myself for not working harder at it than I do. Dear Clusterflock | clusterflock
`Dear heart, may I introduce Dermot Vinney, erstwhile schoolfellow. THE GOLDEN LION
Ignatieff argued that Carroll can't remain ostensibly in charge of rebuilding and unifying the party after publicly casting aspersions on the loyalty of erstwhile leadership competitors. Archive 2007-05-01
He loved to reminisce and was only sorry that not more of his erstwhile rivals were around to share the memories. Times, Sunday Times
His erstwhile friends had jumped ship. Times, Sunday Times
Will the erstwhile crimson-lipped peroxide devil-doll, the very anti-Madonna, be raging with paranoia and brutal honesty on her next record?
Both are in better shape than their erstwhile rivals.
Consequently, the music and grooves are the same jazzy funk that this erstwhile folksinger has been exploring over her past few albums.
This was the only way to let new trust grow across a deep trench between the erstwhile perpetrators and their victims.
As far as Bangalore is concerned, the erstwhile City Improvement Trust Board was the forerunner in developing housing layouts as early as in the nineteen fifties.
Oil money has corrupted the media and a considerable segment of erstwhile critical intellectuals.
David Lloyd, erstwhile coach of England, was never a natural establishment man, so it is with a detached vista that he has watched events of note unfold at Lord's.
That means they are comfortably working at home while their erstwhile colleagues are stuck on a bus. Times, Sunday Times
Iraqis, specifically those unfortunate enough to live in Halabja, suffered in the most extreme way at the hands of the erstwhile tyrant, Saddam. Think Progress » 20,000 Iraqis displaced in 10 days.
This touching scene will, of course, be enacted only after the Prefects of the provincial councils (erstwhile Member States, that is) have foregathered in The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles and, like the ancient Saxon Witangemot, duly chosen Smuggo as our new Monarch. An Imperial Progress?
A familiarity with “Naughty Germans” is something one could easily associate with the erstwhile Trimspa Goddess, the Methadone Muse, as of course is loopily intoxicated showtime behaviour. The ghost of Anna Nicole Smith takes over the body of Sharon Stone « raincoaster
St Christopher was baptized and abjured his erstwhile human-eating. August 4th, 2009
Thus it came to pass that one of the islands of the Archipelago of Bermuda, erstwhile the haunt of buccaneers, became the lair of another gang.
Whereas, the demand for an autonomous Kodava homeland by bringing together the 45 erstwhile "nads" (a nad comprises a group of villages) would give power to Kodavas and pave the way for self-rule, Mr. Nachappa said. The Hindu - Front Page
The erstwhile ‘Goodbye Mosquito’ programme, which depended heavily on chemical sprays and fogging to tackle the menace, had turned out to be a fiasco.
The next thing Charlie knew, his erstwhile guide, red bathrobe and all, was hunkered down, eyes squinched closed, feeling about frantically on the floor. Arcana Magi - c.1: Oryn Zentharis, Seeker of the Truth
So compulsive were his sketches, in which he mercilessly took the mickey out of his erstwhile colleagues, that at the age of 53 his public profile is higher than that of almost anyone in the shadow cabinet.
He assuredly bumped off a formidable array of erstwhile friends and possible rivals.
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The dominant features of today's economy is that erstwhile private borrowers are, it bluntly, bust.
Yet exes do not exist only in the minds of their erstwhile lovers, they also haunt their new partner too. Times, Sunday Times
And the episode has left two erstwhile friends not speaking to each other. Times, Sunday Times
In 1962, Nehru didn't listen to the warnings of the erstwhile Jana Sangh, believed 'the Chinese can never attack us' and lost face and land both to his 'bhai'-like friends. Rediff.com
Liberal and Reform synagogues have abandoned their erstwhile preference for confirmation over Bar and Batmitzvah.
The future, as foreseen by Douglas Hurd, erstwhile Foreign Secretary to Margaret Thatcher, looks intriguing.
I sat on a bench at the edge of the erstwhile dooryard and listened to warblers. Land of Green Gables
Hilary Clinton has some of the key attributes of a good secretary of state — stature and toughness, but her status as an erstwhile Obama rival might undermine an traditional trump card.
From the outset he regarded Asia Minor as liberated territory only in so far as he displaced the Persians, and he announced the fact of possession by imposing his own satraps upon the erstwhile Persian provinces.
That famous voice is also fading: while he can still reach a volume way beyond that of mere mortals, there is little of the erstwhile bite and zing.
The nation state, particularly in the third world and the erstwhile Eastern bloc, is the agent of global capital.
Been schmaltzy bitterly it for graphic design firms, archeozoic a headlong abstruse therefore how i was erstwhile dyslogistic to go this anethum and omg it was forficate to be so sniffy. Rational Review
The limited perception and understanding that exists of the case is that it is simply a business fraud suit by Clinton donor and erstwhile Clinton employer Peter Paul against Bill Clinton who was aided and abetted by Hillary in inducing Paul to spend more than $1.2 million to elect Hillary to the Senate with a false promise to work with paul when Clinton left the White House. Clinton adviser makes superdelegate pitch
Spartacus" is a flashy, big-budget attempt to forge a brand, complete with a big-name costar (Lucy Lawless, erstwhile heroine of the syndicated "Xena: Warrior Princess") and the heavily stylized, comic-book-like use of green-screen technology familiar from movies like "300" and "Sin City. Poststar.com RSS
This he took in good part, and was really pleased, nodding his head with direful foreknowledge and mystery, until George Leach, the erstwhile cabin-boy, ventured some rough pleasantry on the subject. Chapter 9
Yet when asked about his erstwhile colleagues and former allies, he just could not help himself. Times, Sunday Times
The nation state, particularly in the third world and the erstwhile Eastern bloc, is the agent of global capital.
Obviously this is mendaciously disingenuous coming from the erstwhile Prince of Darkness who has torpedoed many a career with anonymous briefings to journalists.
Among the many incidents recalled in his long and winding career is a night back in 1962 when he MC'd the first-ever British performance by the erstwhile Robert Zimmerman.
Germans is something one could easily associate with the erstwhile Trimspa Goddess, the Methadone Muse, as of course is loopily intoxicated showtime ... Anna Nicole’s Fridge contents! « raincoaster
Perhaps not surprisingly, Switters, as an erstwhile cyberneticist, had some theories about the bicameral brain, its fractile reflection of a universe steeped in paradox: how, simultaneously and inseparably, it functioned both as a computer running programs and as a program being run, how its mastery of preemphasis often failed to protect it against random signals, viruses, or the meddling of -imps. Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
Phil Anschutz is the city's most elusive important billionaire - the builder of Staples Center, remaker of Downtown, and erstwhile Hollywood morals guru and news media mogul. LA Observed
Her erstwhile colleagues in Cabinet report that Ms Short was never timid about ventilating her opinions.
Her message to her erstwhile friends is: 'I wannabe away. The Sun
Watching the erstwhile nerd get used to his muscular new body and powers - accidentally firing off webs and finding things sticking to his arachnoid hands - is one of the most engaging parts of the film.
Does he feel guilt for poaching the biggest prize from his erstwhile colleague? Times, Sunday Times
The earl's apparent success in pacifying the Middle Shires and civilizing the erstwhile borderlands led the king to involve him in the creation of other legal institutions throughout Scotland.
Half an hour later he was conferring with Jones, the erstwhile elevator boy and rabid proletarian whom Daylight long before had grubstaked to literature for a year. Chapter XVII
The knowledgeable Columbia University alum and erstwhile "dabbler" estimated that about 30 Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
The closest thing my mother and I could agree upon (no mean feat mother daughter agreement) … was a unique gown at a consignment store in Kerrisdale, reported to be the erstwhile property of some Senator’s wife a stunner from the 50’s. Her Bad Hair | Her Bad Mother
It is entirely natural for Indians to take pride in the successes of their erstwhile compatriots abroad.
Good lord who thought a statue of some erstwhile Hooters hostess lying spread-eagle on a bearskin rug with a kid’s head popping out of her cooter was a tribute to anything but velvet Elvis high camp. Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: I Can’t Take It Any More
Just when you thought that it was safe to start reading the sports pages again, up pops Chippenham Town's erstwhile and unlamented manager, Tommy Saunders, to give us more pearls of wisdom.
The U.N.-paid and U.N.-sanctioned rulers of both Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina exercise powers akin to erstwhile British viceroys.
They have joined erstwhile political masters and mafia men to mulct the state.
Novak writes: "The sharp rebuke to Hollywood producer David Geffen, the erstwhile Clinton friend now backing Obama, was approved unanimously during a campaign conference call presided over by consultant Mark Penn. Novak: Bill Was Behind Harsh Response To Obama Donor David Geffen
You said to me erstwhiles that you have sailed the seas of Earth. Three Worlds to Conquer
Louis, cold fish to her dying breath, allowed himself only private tears and no public expression of regret for his companion and erstwhile lover.
That famous voice is also fading: while he can still reach a volume way beyond that of mere mortals, there is little of the erstwhile bite and zing.
But behind the bonhomie and poems of friendship, China's relationship with its impoverished southeastern neighbor and erstwhile ally formerly known as Burma is deeply troubled.
Others say she avenges herself of the insult offered by her erstwhile lover by luring fishermen and other sailors to their doom.
I always enjoy the ersatz, erstwhile attempts to "unmask" your true identity. Happy Birthday To Me: BSNYC Turns 1
As a non-white Republican, that our erstwhile leader would still think this is smart or appropriate strategy just makes me angry. — McCain Starts ‘Country First’ PAC - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
The fuzzy-haired keyboard player switches to bass, the erstwhile bassist to second guitar, and it all goes horribly pear-shaped.
Our erstwhile ska hardliners are now essentially a four-piece, with saxist Lorraine front and centre handling vocal duty.
In Shakespeare's Henry V the French King Charles VI cautions his overconfident nobles that despite the erstwhile Prince Hal's reputation as a wastrel, the young invader is bred out of that bloody strain/That haunted us in our familiar paths. How We Become What We Are
No longer can the erstwhile carefree young couple arrange outings on the spur of the moment. Growing Through Loss and Grief
Eighteen Acres" (the title refers to the size of the White House grounds) isn't precisely a roman a clef -- there are, for one thing, no characters who suggest George or Laura Bush or Dick Cheney -- but Wallace does seem to be having a bit of sport with two of her erstwhile colleagues. Review of "Eighteen Acres," a political thriller by Nicolle Wallace
Or is it more a question of a prime minister losing the trust of his people, including some his erstwhile friends and allies?
It's extraordinary to think that whereas Albarn has been bringing himself up to speed with concepts of hermeticism, Euclidian geometry and Rosicrucianism, his erstwhile Britpop rival Liam Gallagher has formed Beady Eye. Dr Dee, Palace Theatre, Manchester | First night review
Still, it's hard to understand why some erstwhile close friends have stopped making contact at all. Times, Sunday Times
As the erstwhile global village goes heteropolar, it is coming to resemble something akin to a patchwork of gated communities surrounded by seething seas of shantytowns. Embassy
In a written order, Yeltsin charged his erstwhile buddy with slandering the president and his family and disclosing state secrets.
His ugliness was embittered somewhat by sunken, toothless jaws and an enigmatical stare from a cross-eye; he was also knock-kneed, and as an erstwhile gunpowder worker, had lost two fingers and a large part of one ear. Across China on Foot
She certainly needed a cup of tea, even if her erstwhile visitor didn't.
Qualcomm smartly co-opted its erstwhile foe China into becoming an ally by announcing plans to build new "multimode" mobile chipset that would combine the version of LTE that Qualcomm and a galaxy of mobile companies like Ericsson and Nokia had developed along with what the Chinese had developed. Qualcomm In India
Surprisingly, without the least coercion, many switched allegiance and would lead a security force patrol to the jungle base camp of their erstwhile comrades with enthusiasm. Times, Sunday Times
For one of the joys of contemporary society is the sublime pleasure in being friends with erstwhile lovers. Times, Sunday Times
And, indeed, he did disappear from the view of erstwhile friends and patrons. Times, Sunday Times
IN SHALAMCHE, IRAQ Along this dusty border crossing that links Iraq with erstwhile enemy Iran, there is growing evidence that it is Iran that holds the upper hand at the twilight of the U.S. military mission here. Anxiety along Iraq's border with Iran
The erstwhile British colonial rulers used the fort to try the freedom fighters after convicting them of treason.
But there's nothing like a common enemy to get erstwhile rivals to work together.
With his life declared to be hanging by a thread, the fading duelist now urged his erstwhile adversary to flee the taverntaking pains to insist that he had acquitted himself honorablyand even offered his own carriage for the getaway. Excerpt: Wedlock by Wendy Moore
The stately buildings, erstwhile the abode of the honoured and wealthy of the city, are now tenanted by humble toilers, or turned into places of business.
It is up to erstwhile manitou-fighter Harry Erskine to demonstrate that a supernatural force is behind the catastrophe. Some unconventional vampire stories (updated) « Skulls in the Stars
‘White Flying’ is the phenomenon of the White population migrating from the erstwhile industrial towns to the suburbs where they get new jobs.
Rather, many are hiring what are called outplacement agencies to find suitable new openings for their erstwhile employees. India eNews
The body of Simon de Montfort had endured similar treatment after Evesham in 1265, but it had served only to lend him an aura of sanctity in the minds of his erstwhile supporters.
Geena Davis, erstwhile star of the show, Commander in Chief, spoke about her work as an activist in raising the image of women in film from eye candy or cartoon scantily clad stick figures to complex and nuanced people. Regina Weinreich: Women, War & Peace: Power Breakfast for PBS Premiere
Russia's erstwhile ice princess of fiddle-playing writes confessionally in the booklet of her conversion to period style in baroque music. Times, Sunday Times
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In 628, the Prophet Muhammad agreed to a year-long hudna, hudnat Hudeibiya, which he used to reorganize his forces and then, unilaterally, to break the truce and utterly destroy his erstwhile partners in nonbelligerency. 'Israel: The Threat from Within': An Exchange
No longer can the erstwhile carefree young couple arrange outings on the spur of the moment. Growing Through Loss and Grief
This incents gaming at the company level, contribute invalid data for erstwhile competitors while using your real graph for search.
Even laptops and palmtops are taking over the erstwhile super computers' importance.
There are various Dutch titled preludes rather similar to the more erstwhile Bach style but at the same time retaining that unique Sweelinck touch.
After being wounded on active service with the elite Bersaglieri on the Italian front, he returned home to promote the theme that Italian soldiers had been stabbed in the back by his erstwhile comrades.
Surprisingly, Paul Kaye as the erstwhile burglar Mike, give a relaxed and convincing portrayal of a working class intellectual.
Indeed, it's the songs of Pollard's erstwhile sideman, Tobin Sprout, that threaten to steal this particular show.
The war memorial, an exquisite monolithic stone pillar, was erected at this place in memory of the soldiers from the erstwhile Mysore state who laid down their lives in the war.
So you end up in a study group with a bunch of jocks and your erstwhile friend says, ‘I hate jocks now.’
As this correspondent observed last week, the forests have re-grown and the erstwhile bald hills are now covered in luxurious foliage and flora.
Be that as it may, nothing will more swiftly unite two previous foes in a common front if they are threatened by a potential enemy perceived to be more dangerous than their erstwhile opponent.
The nation state, particularly in the third world and the erstwhile Eastern bloc, is the agent of global capital.
Instead, we have a chorus - of primaries, not erstwhiles. AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
Scott is an erstwhile school levy volunteer who last February called me a "troglodyte" for being the only man in town bold enough to raise questions about the levy in the media. Sound Politics: Education Quagmire
And wasn't that only accepted when the regulator (erstwhile Oftel) threatened to refer competition issues to the Competition Commission? Undefined
He assuredly bumped off a formidable array of erstwhile friends and possible rivals.
Later that very same year, in Murmansk, an acquaintance who was a friend and erstwhile colleague of the Deputy Director throughout the Far FULL downloadable PDF file is available from the DPMO Website
Franklin; his support for the early stages of the French one was never — as it was by many other erstwhile "jacobins" — explicitly retracted. 3 Though perhaps unwilling to notice the new kinds of misery caused by the industrial innovations of friends such as Boulton and Introduction
Tokaii's satire strips were the hit item of the erstwhile weekly magazine ‘Bichitra’.
David Kilgour, erstwhile member of the New Zealand punks the Clean, delivered his folksiest fare yet on this year's "Left by Soft" Merge. NYT > Home Page

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