Today, the town is a ghost of its former self.

His smile was a ghost of its former self as he released me.

He returns to Penny, a ghost of his former self.

Then a ghost of his old self came back for a moment.

The city which became the most depressing ghost of its former self was Shanghai.

Now retired, even he knows he's a ghost of his corporate self.

Today, Chestonia is but a ghost of its former self.

"I'm nothing but a ghost of my former self, too."

A ghost of its former self, you might say.

Physically, I had been rendered into a ghost of my former self.