Sentence examples for erstwhile challengers from inspiring English sources
For now, his Republican colleagues insist that there is no threat to Mr. Lott's leadership, if only because the job of minority leader is not one that his erstwhile challengers would crave.
But the policies they are proposing have been drowned out by the excessive news coverage given to the demeaning verbal antics of their erstwhile challengers.
The big party was, as usual, that of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Brown's erstwhile challenger in the governor's race, now running for lieutenant governor.
Nawaz Sharif, her erstwhile rival, joined forces with her in opposition.
We cannot help but wonder: who paid the bill?" As Zimbabwe prepares to choose a new president this year in long-awaited elections, voters are increasingly questioning the erstwhile opposition, the only serious challenger to the tight grip Mr. Mugabe and his party, ZANU-PF, have held on this nation for decades.
The erstwhile Radio 1 DJ – once Boris Johnson's challenger for the Tories' mayoral nomination – defected to Nigel Farage's blue, red and white army in July.
It happens that Mr Graham is a close friend of the former presidential nominee, John McCain, an erstwhile campaigner for immigration reform who has hardened his heart as he confronts a strong anti-immigrant primary challenger for his Arizona seat.
"The erstwhile Spurs 'striker'?
This weekend, yet another phalanx of erstwhile Clintonites is heading off to New Hampshire to campaign for Mr Clark; and insiders in Little Rock put Mr Clark's recent spurt in the polls—he is now by many measures Howard Dean's main challenger down to Mr Clinton's people.The general took a while to warm to the idea of cosying up to Mr Clinton.
Forbidden Phrases: "erstwhile" (use "onetime" instead).
