1.   A man once famed for his intolerance, xenophobia and irrational rages has become a husk of his former self.

2.   Following years of heavy losses, the company is only a shadow of its former self.

3.   His drug addiction had turned him into a husk of his former self.

4.   However, such plans would have required Melanie to want to preserve her former self.

5.   Lennox seemed like a shadow of his former self.

6.   She seems more like her former self.

7.   Stark had taken me to a place where I could shed my former selves and start anew.

8.   There he was with his cigar, a shadow of his former self.

9.   Johnson returned to the track after his ban but was a shadow of his former self.

10.   Although the house had large open rooms with high ceilings, it needed work to be restored to its former self.