Former describes a noun, so use it that way. Here are some examples:
"This is our new technology specialist Ted Wilson, formerly of ExxonMobile."
"Our former teacher moved away after her husband died."
"Then there were only two people left in the Presidential race, Barack Obama and John McCain, although the former is predicted to win."
sentences with word former
Our former president was asked to be an envoy to the united nations.
Former and latter are words used to express a time or preference in a sentence. For example, "I can go to the store at noon or midnight, but I prefer the former." In this sentence the word 'former' is associated with 'noon' and the word 'latter' is associated with the word 'midnight.'
Reading is a visual activity. The former Governor of New York had a visual impairment.
You can use the word Truss in a sentence like this.
Can you use the word concluding in a sentence? Done.
Just use it! Or do you mean, can you use the word beheld in a sentence.
In the doorway hung wisps of Charlotte's former web.
How do you use the word decibel in a sentence?What is decibel used for?
You can use the word Terrorist in a sentence as " Muslims are not terrorist ".
You just did use the word colonize in a sentence.
Since that is not a word I would not attempt to use it in a sentence.