How to Use "erstwhile" with Example Sentences

1. Administrators of lehman 's london arm are considering litigation against its erstwhile parent .

2. Her work detains her between the party 's office and her home , her erstwhile prison .

3. My erstwhile publisher asked whether I would acquiesce to omitting some " sensitive material " and changing some wording .

4. But anna 's ex-husband , an englishman , went further than anyone , given the chance to cash in on his erstwhile russian wife .

5. In recent months they have not been especially happy with their erstwhile american ally , despite the bush administration 's belated effort to address arab concerns over palestine and to disentangle itself from iraq .