Sentence examples for this erstwhile from inspiring English sources

But this erstwhile teenage heartthrob is reasonably credible, all things considered.

But is this as far as this erstwhile Grateful Dead fan will ever get?

Trimmed to half its present length, this erstwhile circus could be theatrical tops.

The book appeared to represent a contradiction in the consciousness of this erstwhile Marxist.

(Johnson) Haim Steinbach: 'Creature' (through Oct. 22) Ready-mades, Minimalism, modes of display and the putative aura of art objects continue to occupy this erstwhile Neo-Geo artist.

To find places to invest this money it has had to diversify into areas in which this erstwhile value investor lacks the desirable amount of expertise.

In other words, in this market and this economy, erstwhile panaceas are not what they may seem.

It was in this milieu that the erstwhile humor magazine Puck thrived inside the 1885 Romanesque Revival structure at Lafayette Street built to house it.

This is not to confuse Edmonton and Ottawa, the only other qualifying Canadian teams this season, with those erstwhile outfits from Winnipeg and Quebec that have actually emigrated deep into Nielsen Land, or any others trying to resist the bottom-line urge.

Seahawks 24, Packers 17 Washington Redskins (3-1) at Philadelphia Eagles (1-2) 4:15 p.m. Donovan McNabb did not ask for this controversy, but the erstwhile ESPN commentator Rush Limbaugh created one anyway when he claimed last Sunday that the news media wanted McNabb to succeed because he is African-American.

But it's not often that tangible artifacts of it sit on display on this side of the erstwhile Iron Curtain.