Formerly has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The man formerly known as the "priest" blessed a group of people that was formerly known as the "congregation", but could no longer be called so due to demanding technical criteria. | |
| 2. | He didn't deny that he was formerly involved in the program. | |
| 3. | Formerly this harbor was prosperous. | |
| 4. | Formerly people did not know that the earth is round and that it moves around the sun. | |
| 5. | Formerly, a book was worth its weight in silver, if not in gold. | |
| 6. | Formerly this building was a hospital. | |
| 7. | She was formerly a bank clerk. | |
| 8. | Formerly, this city was beautiful. | |
| 9. | There is now less flogging in our great schools than formerly, but then less is learned there; so that what the boys get at one end they lose at the other. | |
| 10. | Sir William Lucas had been formerly in trade in Meryton, where he had made a tolerable fortune, and risen to the honour of knighthood by an address to the king during his mayoralty. |