Sentence examples for a shell of its former self. from inspiring English sources

However it started, it's now a shell of its former self.

By 1995, it was in steep decline, and today it is a shell of its former self.

It is a shell of its former self -- corrupt, incompetent, self-serving, partisan in the extreme and damaging to our country.

But in 2013, Casa Aztlan lost the building to foreclosure, and for years, it sat empty, a shell of its former self.

Like Polaroid before it, the company is now a shell of its former self and this is encouraging parasitical partners to cash in on its brand.

As Hollywood trade paper Variety put it, the surviving entity will be "a shell of its former self".

The hotel is now a shell of its former self, but the faded glory and central location make it a decent budget option.

The party that founded the state and led it through its critical first 30 years is a shell of its former self.

Books, we are told, are relics that have reached their sell-by date, put out by an industry that is a desiccated shell of its former self.

SMS won't go away completely, just as e-mail hasn't entirely killed snail mail — it'll just be a sad shell of its former self.

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