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.