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Example sentences for: former

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In the former work, we read there's nothing to be got by rhodomontading, and in the latter, I think his rhodomontading as innocent as that of our cousin.
The center also tried to contact a former alert site in Atlantic City, unaware it had been phased out.
All were active or former smokers.
Yes, the top right-hand column of the New York Times tells us that France will give in to President Clinton and agree to limit the expansion of NATO to just three former East Bloc countries for now (that's the national edition--the Metro edition uses that prime print estate for a story about New York Governor Pataki's decision to abandon a major welfare cutback).
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, setting the general tone, says Clinton has failed to accomplish anything lasting or to advance a coherent agenda.