Sentence examples for as erstwhile from inspiring English sources

Poehler – as erstwhile parks administrator Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation – once called her "the strongest, smartest punching bag in the world".

Even as erstwhile heroes of capitalism are led away in handcuffs, Americans seem to be flirting with the idea of falling in love with the boss all over again.Naturally, the transition from one era to the next requires some finessing.

Stripping a title where "retention of the appointment or award would bring the system into disrepute" is rarer, but not unheard of – as erstwhile knight, Fred Goodwin discovered in 2012.

Even Bruce Springsteen and Guns 'N' Roses wobbled when they embraced such hubris, so a minor traveller such as erstwhile Pixies leader Frank Black is obviously destined to struggle.

She is part of an extended family that is, in its own way, riven by political conflict, as erstwhile Fascist sympathizers share food, shelter and kinship ties with die-hard partisans.

The sequel sees the return of Ferrell as misogynist San Diego news presenter Ron Burgundy, as well as Christina Applegate as erstwhile rival Veronica Corningstone Paul Ruddd, as fashion-oriented lead field reporter Brian Fantana and Carell as intellectually-challenged weatherman Brick Tamland.

Opposition politicians have chimed in, as have erstwhile fans.

The aspect of mechanistic process probed here is if the 'spatio-temporal' idea of obstruction of the active site by higher concentration of substrates (or an allosteric modulation by excess substrate at an alternative enzyme binding site), as advocated erstwhile, and as is depicted in Figure 1, provides an adequate explanation to the 'substrate inhibition' kinetics.

Even as some erstwhile skeptics, such as the folks at the International Monetary Fund, have discovered the arguments for employing the public treasury to offset persistent weakness in private-sector investment, the country of the Master's birth has largely abandoned his teachings.

Its most recent replacement, "emerging economies", already seems out of date, as some erstwhile star performers, such as Argentina, submerge.

Cameron offered May his full support, as did her erstwhile rival, Leadsom.