Sentence examples for erstwhile commitment from inspiring English sources

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It would be silly and even possibly a sign of denial if either member of the couple were to continue wearing the symbols of their erstwhile commitment.

Despite Duterte's increasingly fiery rhetoric aimed at the United States, coming as he made warm diplomatic gestures to erstwhile rival China, Washington "remains rock solid" in its commitment to the mutual defense treaty and to the two countries' 70-year alliance, State Department spokesman John Kirby said.

(He notes a portrait of Lenin that Grover Norquist displayed on his wall as a symbol of ruthless commitment, and he remarks on the fact that some of his erstwhile comrades, such as Horowitz, made the transition from far left to far right without the slightest alteration in political style or temperament).

"We've got no time for Liberal Democrats around here!" Such commitment from the Conservatives – there on behalf of Steve Brine, a 36-year-old alumnus of Central Office and erstwhile marketing man for golf courses – seems an awfully long way from 1997, the first election that really imprinted itself on my political memory.

"The erstwhile Spurs 'striker'?

Forbidden Phrases: "erstwhile" (use "onetime" instead).

Internal commitment.

It was cited by Adair Turner, the erstwhile chairman of Britain's erstwhile Financial Services Authority.

Lisa: Commitment.

Erstwhile frontrunner Jeb Bush has weighed in, too.