How to Use remnant in a Sentence

remnant

1 of 2 noun
  • Remnants go on sale next week.
  • The other noticed that the remnants looked like a sausage.
    WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Plus, with the old remnants out of the way, new growth can come in full throttle.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Nearby, at Guano Point, the Highpoint Hike trail leads to the remnants of a tram that once stretched 8,800 feet across the canyon.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Yes, there was one, and remnants of it remain - but this movie is so 2000-LATE.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The remnant that remains is the tailbone, also called the coccyx.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
  • In the last 10 years, the remnants of three other hurricanes dumped record-breaking loads of rain on the state.
    Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Just looking at this place, the remnants of my work tension melt away.
    Helene Stapinski, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The team believes that these extra spikes could be the remnants of past stellar sneezes.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2024
  • There are remnants of Catholicism and the roaring ’20s in the collection.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The remnants of such storms can move over the Southwest, bringing heavy rainfall.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
  • The debris could be the beginnings of a new planet, or even the remnants of one that is already formed.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 July 2023
  • The remnants of that retreat are still visible at the basin’s head, where a last, large chunk of ice still perches on the cliff.
    Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Pugh looks regal in a pearl lace headpiece, while Josh Brolin stands in the fiery remnants of a bloody battle.
    Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023
  • But if the padding is damp, moisture laden with remnants of that deep stain will wick to the surface as the carpet fibers dry.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • In 1983, remnants of Tulare Lake remained on the landscape for about two years, Mount said.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Yet in some ways, the streets around the Kennedy Recreation Center in Shaw remain the stubborn remnant of a bygone era.
    Emily Davies, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Putin’s front men have been blunt about wiping out any remnants of Ukraine-ness from that country.
    Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Rain from a day earlier seemed to have extinguished the last remnants of fire.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Those remnants have seemed to be enough to keep crowds flooding in during the busy summer season and on the weekends into the fall.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Some of his supporters say the name the country is best known by globally is a remnant of the colonial era.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN, 9 Sep. 2023
  • In Atlanta, the initiative came from remnants of Covid-19.
    Brammhi Balarajan, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The only remnant of the camp is the fire hydrant located between the baseball and softball fields.
    Jordyn Harrell, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • When he was found, the child reportedly asked for food and water and had remnants of duct tape on his hands and ankles.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Some of them were well-preserved and still sealed in their original state, containing the remnants of 5,000-year-old wine.
    Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Entire families sat on the sidewalk, coated in thick gray dust, the essence of concrete and steel, remnants of their city.
    Zeynep Karatas, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • In 2021, rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida overloaded the system.
    Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Now, 40 years later, the remnants of the surgical scar are still palpable on the inside of his lower lip.
    Casey Schwartz, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • White smoke and an orange glow could still be seen above the remnants of the building Tuesday morning in Clinton Township.
    arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The camp locations have few, if any, remnants of their wartime history.
    Claire Moses, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
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remnant

2 of 2 adjective
  • Remnant herds of that species were wiped out in the 19th century by the spread of firearms in the region.
    Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 11 Aug. 2016
  • The remnant material mounts, swaying in the breeze and rotting in the sun.
    The Editors, National Review, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The nylon and polyester tote is made from factory remnant scraps and folds down to the size of a Jetboil stove.
    Melissa McGibbon, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Theta, the 29th, was far out in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, and became a remnant low Sunday.
    Fox News, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Any remnant frontal clouds should get out of here as a northwest wind kicks up around 10 to 20 mph, with higher gusts.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2017
  • The storm was expected to fade into a remnant low by Thursday.
    Robin Webb, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2020
  • While it was believed to have gone extinct by 1940, a small remnant population of the plant held on.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 Sep. 2019
  • That thin remnant slice was all that remained of what once had been a sea probably thousands of miles wide.
    Longreads, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The estimated 6,000 that live in the state today are believed to have come from a single remnant herd.
    Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 June 2021
  • Genevieve will continue to weaken over the next few days and should become a remnant low this weekend.
    Star Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Lisa wasn’t able to re-strengthen and became a remnant low on Saturday.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Vicky is expected to weaken over the next few days, becoming a remnant low in about 36-48 hours.
    Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020
  • To merge as quickly as their remnant cores did, the stars needed to share envelopes several times.
    WIRED, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Any remnant clouds are out of here pretty early, leaving us mainly sunny most of the day.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 3 June 2023
  • But the idea that these New England sites were ancient remnant forest flew in the face of orthodox thinking.
    Jonny Diamond, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Next, stand back and watch as the cloud’s remnant angular momentum spins and flattens the leftovers into a whirling disk around the star.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Even today, remnant shells can still be found in places along the Wabash River and other waterways.
    The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2023
  • It is not expected to become stronger than a depression and could weaken to a remnant low by the first of next week, if not sooner.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Paulette is expected to weaken to a remnant low within the next day or two, forecasters said.
    Carlie Wells, NOLA.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • The system could become a remnant low or degenerate into a trough by the middle of next week.
    Hannah Leyva, USA TODAY, 24 June 2023
  • Leopards are an endangered species, and are found in the wild across remnant patches of western China.
    Chris Buckley, New York Times, 10 May 2021
  • Thereafter, the storm’s remnant spin could meander across Mexico and emerge in the gulf, somewhere in the Bay of Campeche, toward the mid- or latter portions of this week.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 29 May 2022
  • Forecasters said Gert had weakened to a remnant low as of Tuesday morning.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 22 Aug. 2023
  • It is forecast to become a remnant low by Thursday night or Friday morning.
    Carlie Wells, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Orbiters around Mars have mapped these remnant magnetic signatures in rocks on the surface of Mars.
    Byzack Savitsky, science.org, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Once a tropical storm, Rene was forecast to become a remnant low Monday.
    Tamara Lush, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2020
  • The hurricane center expects Arlene to weaken to a remnant low tonight.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 3 June 2023
  • Medium Dry air tries to wedge in from our west on Tuesday, pushing the remnant circulation from Ian further east.
    Molly Robey, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Sally is forecast to weaken more and become a remnant low tonight or early Friday.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 17 Sep. 2020
  • The resulting remnant stellar core is crushed by gravity into a black hole, says NASA.
    Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 11 June 2022

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