erewhile
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of erewhile
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at ere, while
Example Sentences
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Now a silent and spectral peace rested upon this erewhile scene of fierce and furious war, a peace that in the gathering gloom had in it something that was weird, boding, oppressive.
From The Induna's Wife by Mitford, Bertram
Mr. Matthew Arnold produced, with others, this excellent epigraph: ‘Though the Muse be gone away, Though she move not earth to-day, Souls erewhile who caught her word, Ah! still harp on what they heard.’
From By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects by Adams, William Davenport
This pinnace, friends, which here you see, Avers erewhile she used to be Unmatched for speed, and could outstrip Triumphantly the fastest ship That ever swam, or breasted gale, Alike with either oar or sail.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various
I Kossuth am: O Future, thou That clear'st the just and blott'st the vile, O'er this small dust in reverence bow, Remembering, what I was erewhile.
From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell
"Tell me, tell me, my belovèd, Didst thou not erewhile swear falsely?"
From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich
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