Sentence examples for shadow of their former self from inspiring English sources

In football, Aston Villa are a shadow of their former self; Birmingham City are fighting relegation.

What had been a strong and vibrant body reduced to a shadow of their former self.

Stephanie Kanwitt, an executive vice president of the Association of American Health Plans, an insurers' trade group, said the ruling had reduced the plaintiffs' cases to "a shadow of their former self".

Newspaper executives oversaw the demise of one of the major institutions of their cities and are a pale shadow of their former self.

The Scouts have become a self-destructive shadow of their former self, a group whose preoccupation with exclusion belies the very principles that appealed to me as a youth.

In West Timor the anti-independence militias are a shadow of their former selves.

All except the Meridian Ball are gone or transformed into a shadow of their former selves.

Italy look a shadow of their former selves, particularly frail in defence.

Rangers, despite their illustrious past, are also an on-field shadow of their former selves.

They are pretty much gone, or a shadow of their former selves".

Paramount Vantage, New Line, Warner Independent, Picturehouse and yes, Miramax are all mostly gone or a shadow of their former selves.