Sentence examples for formerly been a from inspiring English sources

The witness had formerly been a driver for Mr Anwar's wife.

She had formerly been a mere mortal, but had been since raised to the rank of a marine goddess.

Occasionally a mihrab (prayer niche) was retained for Muslim worshipers in a church that had formerly been a mosque.

Two hundred volunteers were involved in the multi-year renovation of what had formerly been a flophouse.

Burberry's signature pattern, a beige, red, and black plaid, which had formerly been a symbol of exclusivity, was being widely copied — a parody of luxury.

Benny Greenspan puts over a good deal for his client, Clyde Marshall, who had formerly been a drunk but was now reformed.

What had formerly been an Arab-Kurdish relationship was transformed into a Sunni-Shiite-Kurdish triangle.

Mr. Jenkins had formerly been an assistant district attorney in Queens and a deputy buildings commissioner.

A bartender arrested in a raid on a Chicago speakeasy said he had formerly been an insurance solicitor.

Klein was fascinated by how the limners democratized what had formerly been an art form exclusively for the wealthy.

Terah Lyons is the Founding Executive Director of the Partnership on AI and formerly was a Mozilla Technology Policy Fellow.