Sentence examples for former am from inspiring English sources

Is there a real waft coming off, or is it mute?" "The former - am I right?" I ask.

Former AM Karen Sinclair, who has cancer, was "saddened" by the findings.

Helen Mary Jones, a former AM (assembly member), is coming back as a Plaid Cymru member, replacing Simon Thomas, who resigned over allegations being investigated by the police.

Plaid who've been told by their own senior members - let's take a flying leap here and assume they were talking about Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM and former AM and party chair Helen Mary Jones - that they're doing badly in elections precisely because they're seen to be too close to the Tories.

The former are extraordinary.

The former is not.

The former was seductive.

The  former is illegal.

"Former" is the key word.

The former are absurdly generous.

The former is Canadian, the latter Australian.