Sentence examples for a remnant from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a remnant" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a small remaining quantity of something, often after the main part has been removed or used up.
Example: "After the storm, only a remnant of the old barn remained standing."
Alternatives: "a leftover" or "a fragment".

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But what a remnant!

And I do mean a remnant.

A remnant from the past".

Possibly a remnant of an otherwise extinct species.

Almost every sculpture looks like a remnant of disaster.

Modern Libya is an artificial construct, a remnant of colonialism.

"A remnant of your old self?" I asked.

Conservatism, back then, was a remnant, not a movement.

"The law is a remnant of the old regime".

It was a remnant of an earlier period of elegance.

"It's sad that we don't have a remnant," he lamented.

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