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How To Use latter In A Sentence

• The ether gradually absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere, being converted into acetic acid; this, by its superior affinities, reacts on the iodide present, converting it into acetate, with liberation of hydriodic acid; while this latter, under the influence of the atmospheric oxygen, is very rapidly converted into water and iodine. Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
• Then I saw how the ladies came alive at his gentlemanly attentions, how flattered they were by them.
• Metformin and sulfonylurea drugs -- the latter a class of diabetes drugs including glyburide, glipizide, chlorpropamide, tolbutamide and tolazamide -- are often among the first medications prescribed to lower blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes. Drug linked to increased risk for older diabetics
• He spoke of the difference between the journey and the destination and how lasting success was found at the latter. Times, Sunday Times
• The nerves are the terminal branches of the right and left vagi, the former being distributed upon the back, and the latter upon the front part of the organ. XI. Splanchnology. 1F. The Stomach
• Place the squash on a warm serving platter and cover. Times, Sunday Times
• Flattery will get you nowhere.
• “No, there ain’t no Bowlong,” said the barmaid, taking up a glasscloth and a drying tumbler and beginning to polish the latter. The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll
• The footman accuses the cook, she accuses the needlewoman, and the latter accuses the other two.
• The best wine vinegar may be made from either white or red wine, the latter having an agreeable mellow taste.