Also, there were comings and goings, and the erstwhile placid atmosphere of the cabin was vexed with strange perturbations and unrest.
Besides, he sought only the obscure hotels, where he was not likely to meet any of his erstwhile fellow passengers.
In the first place, one of our erstwhile opponents is fighting against a much stronger enemy.
The erstwhile amorous fiancée, who could hardly wait until marriage to test her lover, became now the wife and mother who hardly wished to be touched by her husband.
This ghostly encroachment on our erstwhile quiet domain has had more than one inconvenient result.
So erstwhile voluntary donors might well cease to donate.
The strategy may provide short-term visible gains in a reported and applauded 'presence' of women in negotiations and may usefully highlight their erstwhile-unnoticed absence.
But it is illegitimate to conclude that the erstwhile losers are all still losers.
