Sentence examples for erstwhile it from inspiring English sources

Her erstwhile "it girl" status is entirely subsumed to the demands of a collective occasion.

And unlike Bear Stearns, its erstwhile rival, it can access liquidity at the Federal Reserve's discount window.

In some cases the authorities could buy it outright and let it back to its erstwhile owner, turning it into de facto social housing.The modest funding for this scheme means that it will not be revolutionary.

Yet contrary to SkyBet's ghastly little erstwhile slogan, it doesn't matter more when there's money on it.

So when he was heard to be back in the studio with Nick Lowe and members of the erstwhile Attractions it was all too much for some.

The erstwhile enemies, it turns out, are gradually learning to get along, as refiners increasingly see a need to get involved in ethanol production.

An erstwhile cliché, it has taken on new significance as travelers become ever more aware of environmental and cultural fragility, as in, "Ladakh is the last great stronghold of Himalayan Buddhism — like an unfallen Tibet".

If the FT's previous owner, Pearson, was seeking financial stability and an informed, if largely unexceptional, editorial line for its erstwhile media flagship, it needn't have looked further than the Nikkei.

Yet not only are its erstwhile rivals dancing on its grave; it now seems clear that the best of Enron's ideas will outlast the ill-fated company.

For Wall Street's erstwhile high-fliers, it will be an unsettling one.

(According to mayoral aides, Mr. Bloomberg has used the joke on at least two other recent occasions: a function at Gracie Mansion and an appearance on CNN's "American Morning". But for reasons that are not clear, the mayor left out any mention of the movie — and his erstwhile role in it — from the commencement speech he gave at Barnard College on May 20).