The six bison that the Methodist missionaries shot during their ill-fated hunting excursion were mere remnants of southern Alberta's once vast buffalo population.

The Y chromosome, "a mere remnant of its once mighty structure," is worried about size.

It could not lean on the Assembly, a mere shrunken remnant, whose days were numbered.

All that could be hoped for was the persistence of a mere remnant of civilized humanity, which should be able to lie dormant until a more favourable epoch.

Little by little this scanty human race degenerated into a mere remnant of Arctic savages.

They, too, are mere remnants.

Such loans soon shrank to a pittance as double-digit inflation raged, while leaving deposit owners with mere remnants of their savings.

It was, however, a mere remnant of the allied army which returned, and the Austrians were soon masters of north Italy, including the Republic of Genoa (September).

The Communist Party, the only meaningful opposition, holds only 51 seats, making it a mere remnant of the force it was even in the early post-Soviet period.

A mere remnant of their former glory the cedar forests are still impressive covering large areas of the Middle Atlas.