How to use "formerly" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "formerly" in popular movie and book plots

  • Patrick formerly owned them but donated them to the Franklin Institute.  - National Treasure (film)
  • Ivo demonstrates this technique to the others, allowing Harold and Afra to view the signals formerly being hidden.  - Macroscope (novel)
  • Solid Snake, formerly retired FOXHOUND agent and hero of the original Metal Gear returns as the playable character.  - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
  • Mi formerly worked in stables and is familiar with the horse racing world.  - National Velvet
  • They occupy a fine house formerly owned by Alison's father, subsequently transferred to her to avoid death duty.  - The Owl Service
  • Kevin Flynn is a software engineer, formerly employed by the computer corporation ENCOM, who now runs a video arcade called Flynn's.  - Tron
  • Cornelius, formerly a pacifist, accepts the pistol knowing he may have to use it as a last resort.  - Escape from the Planet of the Apes
  • Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors: Thoreau relates the stories of people who formerly lived in the vicinity of Walden Pond.  - Walden
  • Erik's crew, including the formerly dead men, immediately find themselves back in their home village.  - Erik the Viking
  • The bankruptcy of his father, a formerly successful businessman, forces him to return to India to live with his aunt.  - The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)
  • The master, who has formerly been the guardian of this Scroll, is killed by German soldiers shortly after the transfer.  - Bulletproof Monk
  • The recolada begins its spread across Lusitania, converting the formerly lethal virus into a harmless aid to native life.  - Xenocide
  • He confronts Carteaux in an inn run by Tristan Fleuri, formerly the scullion of Brienne.  - Napoléon (1927 film)
  • It is further revealed that Strutt himself is the leader of the group, which includes Montini, Useldinger and formerly Fitz.  - Exit Wounds
  • It gets its name from a formerly prominent local family, the Mohunes, whose coat of arms includes a symbol shaped like a capital 'Y'.  - Moonfleet
  • The site on which the building is constructed was formerly the location of Murray House.  - Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong)

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