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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But when he had done with offering to us the cross, and commending Him that erewhile hung thereon, I saw him pause and look about him.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Which meditated vengeance of his fear When Psyche heard, now for their life she craved, Whose mere distress erewhile had toucht her near.
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert
The upper servant, erewhile so rude, approached with timid subserviency.
From The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
Yet she might about as well have stayed where she was, for the erewhile great whirling gold town was now as a city of the dead.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram
“Allamagtig, Kaptyn!” cried old Spielmann—his erewhile favourite sergeant.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
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