The new company is but a shadow of its former self.

The city is but a shadow of its once great self.

But he was only a shadow of his former self.

But it would be nearly a century before the department became even a shadow of its current self.

By the early 1900s the town was a shadow of its previous self.

One died leaving a small son, the other is back at work but very much a shadow of his former self.

This new Richard is only a shadow of his former self.

After all the time he'd spent in the Hole, he was a shadow of his former self.

Poor old Wilson is a shadow of his former self.

Although the house and large lake remain, the park is now a shadow of its former self.