Sentence examples for became a shadow of from inspiring English sources

Nagasaki became a shadow of its former self.

But in the second half of the twentieth century, "downtown" became a shadow of its former self, succumbing to economic competition and commercial decline.

Physically, he became a shadow of his former self, but the intellect was not affected and he produced more than a dozen books on politics and philosophy.

A time of relative quiet and cultural conservatism followed, as Spanish theatre became a shadow of the French an irony, given that Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, and Molière borrowed many themes and characters from Spanish Golden Age originals.

Most of its famously opinionated writers Robert Christgau, Nat Hentoff, Wayne Barrett, Michael Musto were fired or quit, and without them the paper became a shadow of its former self: depoliticized, bland, incurious.

In this conception of its place in the modern world, Japan was able to look down on China for the first time in its 2000-year history, as China became a shadow of its former self as the pinnacle of hierarchy in East Asia and Japan rose.

As a pastime, stargazing has become a shadow of its former self.

But recently, the former captain said, Tendulkar has become a "shadow" of the player he was.

Japi, after a scuffle with a miner, becomes a shadow of himself and gets a job.

Tragically, the latter has become a shadow of its former cut-throat self.

Come summer, a brook becomes a shadow of its former self and a place of considerable mystery.