1.   An abandoned Turkish train station without tracks sits in the camp as a sad reminder of the now-prohibited passage to the coast.

2.   But Saturday night, their departure held sad reminders of what was not accomplished.

3.   But still, the packages on the stoop seemed a sad reminder of something I had lost.

4.   Comforting evidence of the robustness of the system, or a sad reminder of the stubbornness of the status quo and the slowness of change?

5.   For some, the trip was a sad reminder of what they did not do earlier.

6.   He contrasted this luxury with the beggars in the market, whose missing limbs were a sad reminder of the land mines from a more recent era.

7.   More than a comment on the flamboyance of the day, it is a sad reminder of how generic modern dress has become.

8.   Rebuffed repeatedly by the local courts and facing deportation to the mainland, the immigrants were a sad reminder of the awkward relationship between China and Hong Kong.

9.   Some saw the scene as less extraordinary than as a sad reminder of the pervasiveness of violence in our culture.

10.   The family is a sad reminder that Kosovo has been divided into two bitter, irreconcilable camps.