Sentence examples similar to a mere shell of its old self from inspiring English sources

Nowadays the wasp-infested building which once housed AIR is a mere shell of its former self.

There is not much time to take decisions about the future of the Colonial Office before it becomes a mere shell of its present active self.

The police blame a splinter group called the New I.R.A. Though the I.R.A. is a small shell of its old self, some suspect that it is eager to see a hard border, and the strife that would accompany it.

Union bargaining is a shell of its old self.

The old oak tree, only a shell of its old self, emptied out to the top where the honey-golden fungus, still present, does its malignant destruction like cancer.

Running back LaDainian Tomlinson leads the team in rushing but is a mere shell of his former self from seasons past.

It is a sentence that will leave him a mere shell of his former self and one that will rob him of the memories of his life," he wrote in a court filing.

I watched as the two most beautiful and strong women in my life were reduced to a mere shell of there former selves.

The program was so successful that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases picked it up--but budget woes have left it a mere shell of a program.

Like Asus' bamboo laptop, this is a mere shell of eco-friendliness.

Newton was a mere shell of himself in the second half as the Panthers finished 7-9 after starting 6-2.