Sentence examples for vestige when from inspiring English sources

Because the tail is retained in many 'adult' (i.e., sexually mature) chordates and in nearly all adult vertebrates, with the major exception of apes and frogs this can often be viewed as a true evolutionary vestige when the tail is partly or wholly non-functional in adults.

Trump's budget calls long-distance Amtrak trains "a vestige of when train service was the only viable transcontinental transportation option" rather than the aviation, interstate highway and bus network now in place.

My hotel, the Sofitel, was at the far, western end of Copacabana, in front of the neighbourhood's tiny fishing community, a vestige of when this was an isolated hamlet rather than the most famous beach in the world.

Experts on educational scheduling who have long pushed for the reduction of the 10-week summer break -- a vestige of when planting and harvesting schedules influenced the academic calendar -- say that the increasing acceptance of August as back-to-school month is an important psychological shift for some children, parents and teachers.

The oiler and the relief operator jobs are vestiges of when the equipment required a higher degree of maintenance and the act of operating a steam crane was more physically demanding.

The shad itself is like a local oyster, vestige of a time when they were innumerable.

They're a vestige of the late 19th century, when Hermann was America's leading wine producer.

The defunct, weed-ridden High Line is a vestige of a century when trains were the city's lifeline.

The kitchen for the town house is on the first floor of the guesthouse, a vestige of the era when kitchens were in separate buildings.

It is the Telecommunications Ministry, Kabul's tallest building, and perhaps the last vestige of the days when Afghanistan seemed to have some kind of future.

The offer of extra sections was a vestige of those days when carriers competed to attract business travelers with a variety of perks and promises.