once-proud

The once proud Padawan had been reduced to a lowly slave, toiling away for her uncle, Pol Secura.

At once-proud Merrill Lynch, which collapsed into the arms of Bank of America, years of profits have been vaporized.

Hardly a month passes without the appearance of a new book or learned article on the decline and imminent demise of a once proud country.

One of the central themes of Silvermoon is the idea that it is the scarred descendent of a once-proud even metropolis.

The people of this once proud capital have been plunged into a struggle to get by.

Hedge funds , increasingly in need of a global platform, were deserting Bear's once proud prime brokerage franchise .

The US dollar, a once proud and honest currency, is moribund , like the nation it represents.

Then sit on the sidelines as the airship flies home and explodes , showering its blazing wreckage over this once proud, yet tiny, nation.

On high streets and in shopping centres across the country once proud stores are being hollowed out, casualties of Britain's retail slump.

Her once-proud mother shouted at her as her grades dropped.

Once-proud Dongbei became the Chinese version of Flint, Michigan: a Rust Belt of decaying industries with no future.

A once proud army is a thing of the past.