Sentence examples for leaving a shell of from inspiring English sources

Mr. Murcutt tore out the entire inside of the house, leaving a shell of three walls.

They were watching for cylindrical depressions in the earth: evidence that under the clay fort had once stood timber fence posts, perhaps for so long that the wood had decayed, leaving a shell of earth behind.

She'd scooped out all the cake and left a shell of frosting on her plate, which she'd saved for last.

It was time to do something because each day I chose to stay, my self-worth and joy were fragmenting away leaving me a shell of who I used to be.

What he left was a shell of a woman he had created.

The deal would have left Fortis a shell of the bank it had once been, standing with just its international insurance division and 66.0% of an unpalatable 10.4 billion euro ($14.1 billion) portfolio of structured credit products.

The Michigan Economic Development fund was able to replace $1 million of the $5.86 million granted by the Work Force Investment act in 2011, but this leaves only a shell of the program.

The decrease in intensity of DNA specific Raman peaks and increase in intensity of protein (phenylalanine) specific Raman peaks in the spectrum of group 3 (Fig. 5C) reflects the late stages of apoptosis where nuclear fragments are expelled from the cell leaving an empty shell of cellular membrane and cytoplasm (i.e. a dead cell).

"The firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will leave the State Department a shell of its former self," Michael Kimmage, who served on the Secretary's Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State under President Barack Obama told VICE News.

We allow, partners, work, family, friends and children to take so much from us we are left a virtual shell of the person we used to be.

Moi left the country a shell of its former self by the time he stepped down in 2002.