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Definition

a small amount that remains after the rest is gone — sometimes specifically of cloth

remnants = small amounts that remains after the rest is gone

remnants = remaining traces

remnants = cloth that is left after most has been sold

remnant = of the little that remained

At first much of their time was spent in seeking out the remnants of the White Witch's army and destroying them,
C.S. Lewis -- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

remnants = the small parts that remained after the rest was gone

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.
David Almond -- Skellig

remnants = small amounts that remains after the rest is gone

They had devoured, in spite of all my efforts to prevent them, all but a small remnant of the contents of the dish.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Pit and the Pendulum

remnant = a small amount that remains after the rest is gone

His feet were still wrapped in the remnants of the coat and the shreds of tarp and...
Cormac McCarthy -- The Road

remnants = small amounts that remains after the rest is gone

He pulled the torn remnants of his windbreaker, pieces really, around his shoulders and tried to hold what heat his body could find.
Gary Paulsen -- Hatchet

remnants = small amounts that remains after the rest is gone

There was still a remnant of sunset light in the sky,
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged

remnant = last bit

Clay's remnants still lie there in our garden.
David Almond -- Clay
And I will execute judgment upon thee and the whole remnant of thee shall I scatter to the winds ....
Scott Pratt -- An Innocent Client
Before either Little Man or I could answer, Mama and Big Ma emerged from the field with Stacey, the sacks now blackened remnants in their hands.
Mildred D. Taylor -- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
That remnant of Tumaini gave me hope.
Gloria Whelan -- Listening for Lions
The remnants of the D team took Shiva to the recovery room and then waited in the locker room.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
The last remnants of strength fled from Cinder, leaving her exhausted and weak.
Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
'And my money,' she continued; returning his angry glare, and meantime biting a piece of crust, the remnant of her breakfast.
Emily Bronte -- Wuthering Heights
If this naming revolution was indeed inspired by Black Power, it would be one of the movement's most enduring remnants.
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
Kicking the remnants of her dress aside, she bent down and very gently returned the baby to its mother's back.
James Vance Marshall -- Walkabout
A strange electricity still seemed to cling to Simon, a remnant of the brutally shining light that had enveloped the roof when Lilith was destroyed.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Fallen Angels

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