11. Although they have improved a bit they are still shadows of their former selves. 12. Am I a shadow of my former macho self for not rolling up the sleeves and doing it myself? 13. Americans are not prone to suicide attacks, and the right-wing militia movement that spawned Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh is a shadow of its former self. 14. And it has been years since the track was even a shadow of its former self. 15. And Henri Bendel is a shadow of its former self. 16. And now that passenger liners are cruise ships, the classic seeing-off ceremony has become a pastiche of its former self. 17. And now, after an expansion and a slick renovation, it has quietly re-emerged as a resplendent, reinvented, finer version of its former self. 18. Andersen is already a shell of its former self. 19. As for the Chargers, they are mere ghosts of their former Super Bowl selves. 20. Belle has been a shell of his former self. |