Sample Sentences for
remnant
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    The Yuan dynasty conquered the last remnant of the Song dynasty in 1279.
    remnant = of the little that remained
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    Your own wisdom must decide your course, but thirteen is small remnant of the great folk of Durin that once dwelt here, and now are scattered far.  (source)
    remnant = remaining part
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    He pulled the torn remnants of his windbreaker, pieces really, around his shoulders and tried to hold what heat his body could find.  (source)
    remnants = small amounts that remains after the rest is gone
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    The last stains of sunset had melted away, and the twilight died, too, as he stood there, though its remnants clung reluctantly to everything that was pale in color—pebbles, the dusty road, the figure of the man himself—turning them blue and blurry.  (source)
    remnants = small amounts that remains after the rest is gone
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    There was still a remnant of sunset light in the sky,  (source)
    remnant = last bit
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    At first much of their time was spent in seeking out the remnants of the White Witch's army and destroying them,  (source)
    remnants = the small parts that remained after the rest was gone
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    They had devoured, in spite of all my efforts to prevent them, all but a small remnant of the contents of the dish.  (source)
    remnant = a small amount that remains after the rest is gone
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    It was long after dusk when Mina and I went out with the remnants of 27 and 53 and a bottle of brown ale in a paper bag.  (source)
    remnants = small amounts that remains after the rest is gone
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    It could be a leftover or a remnant or whatever they call them.†  (source)
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    His feet were still wrapped in the remnants of the coat and the shreds of tarp and...  (source)
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    It's a remnant of the Violet who came Before.†  (source)
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    She said that was because honey remnants attracted roaches.†  (source)
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    Maybe it was elf camouflage—a remnant of the time when they were one with nature.†  (source)
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