- plural of remnant.
remnants
Example Sentences
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The rusted, twisted metal became a means, the authors write, for “communities far from New York to establish a physical bond through these remnants of destruction.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Richard Thompson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told AFP coastal waters off Southern California were being roiled by the remnants of Hurricane Marie.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
We got out at the northwestern edge of the lagoon, where there are swaths of land that have been churned up by heavy machinery, stretches of gravel, and remnants of fencing.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Days of more intense weather are ahead — extreme heat and high humidity — after a dramatic weekend of coastal flooding, rain and dangerously high surf brought by remnants of Tropical Storm Marie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The nubs wiggled like the remnants of amputated wings.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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