Sentence examples for were formerly used from inspiring English sources

Mustard plasters were formerly used in medicine for their counterirritant properties in treating chest colds and other ailments.

The ashes of dried, burnt glassworts contain large amounts of potash and were formerly used in glassmaking.

But most of the available sites in the area were formerly used for industrial purposes, and are contaminated by industrial residues.

In the area itself, the names Lemosí (Limousin) and Proensal (Provençal) were formerly used, but those names were too localized to designate the whole range of dialects.

Secret societies, such as Ekpo and Ekpe among the Igbo, were formerly used as instruments of government, while other institutions were associated with matrimony.

There are some docking structures in the river off the southern part of the site, which were formerly used as a deepwater port for barges delivering fuel oil and other products.

Leucite was formerly used in Italy for fertilizer.

Lancewood was formerly used by carriage builders for shafts.

The bark was formerly used as a preventive against scurvy.

The "bxn" marking was formerly used at a Czech factory during the cold war.

It was formerly used extensively in chemical laboratories as an analytical reagent.