Curling flecks of paint clung here and there, like the last sad remnants of an accident victim's clothes.

He took out the sad remnant of a cigar that had been chewed over for months.

I could see the pictures in my history books, of how the sad remnants of a proud army turned back and crossed the Beresina.

It was only after Humanity's ultimate defeat that the sad remnants of the species would discover the truth.

After the war, only a few sad remnants of this vibrant life remained.

As he eyes adjusted, she saw the sad remnants of the town's population, and now the sight did make her weep.

The five modern species, all looking much alike, all Old World, and all endangered, form a sad remnant of former glory.

But, though she is just 54, her voice is a sad remnant of what it was.

It was a sad remnant of the expedition which landed at London.

The cost, to the country as well as to the sad remnants of moderate Republicanism, has been high.