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View definitions for remnants

remnants

noun as in ashes

noun as in leavings

noun as in leftover

noun as in remains

noun as in ruins

noun as in wreckage

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Example Sentences

Along the river, crumbling remnants of an active trading hub are overtaken by nature.

Then when we arrive at his flat in Shepherd's Bush following the escape, perhaps there ought to be remnants of the ladder.

The sets—which, really, were a feat of design and direction—appeared to be remnants of a Lewis Carroll fever dream.

On the valley floor outside the windows of the house are the remnants of FOB Michigan, turned over to the Afghan Army in 2011.

However, their absence from the charts was a far cry from a trail of failed hits, remnants of creativity run dry.

Remnants of food from previous meals can be detected with the naked eye or microscopically.

Remnants of food from previous meals indicate deficient gastric motility.

Accordingly, the Marshal retired with the remnants of his corps to the Elster, only to find the bridge blown up.

The Duke of Tarentum was mainly instrumental in saving the remnants of the army which had managed to cross the Elster.

As we came to each Battalion Headquarters we were told, "These are the remnants of the——," whatever the unit was.

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On this page you'll find 195 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to remnants, such as: debris, relics, remains, rubble, and vestiges.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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