Both Uses
remnant
in
Flags of Our Fathers
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- The blockhouses were hideous remnants of the island defenders' dedication in a cause they knew was lost.†
Chpt 1. *remnants = small amounts that remains after the rest is gone
- By this point in the campaign—a point far beyond anything most troops in history had endured—the Marines' combat efficiency was showing signs of deterioration, and the boys themselves had begun to resemble ghostly remnants of a fighting force.†
Chpt 13.
Definitions:
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(1)
(remnant) a small amount that remains after the rest is gone -- sometimes specifically of cloth
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)