Sentence examples for thousands of former from inspiring English sources

"Thousands of former soldiers.

Proceeds are to be returned to thousands of former customers.

Tens of thousands of former Gurkhas work for private security firms.

Thousands of former fighters languish in Monrovia's slums, fuelling a wave of crime.

And there were thousands of former slaves who returned to settle Liberia and Sierra Leone.

In 2000, Uganda pardoned thousands of former LRA fighters, including some who were volunteers.

An amnesty declared in 2002 has enabled thousands of former Islamist militants to return to ordinary life.

In addition, thousands of former Sunni insurgents are now being paid by the American military to serve in neighborhood militias.

In recent years, Mother India has welcomed back tens of thousands of former emigrants and their offspring.

Thousands of former players are suing the league, saying that for years the N.F.L. did not do enough to protect players from concussions.

After a peace agreement was reached in the eighties, thousands of former guerrillas who had received amnesties were hunted down and killed in a government-linked assassination campaign.