Isn't it more interesting to understand the universe as it is, rather than study the broken remnants of dead cultures?

It appeared to be the broken remnants of a vandalized sign of some sort.

It was the broken remnant of the model of a motor.

It was only the size of a pebble, the broken remnant of a terrible death.

Jessica headed down the broken remnants of what must have once been a cement path.

Dr. Sarton's dead body, a horrible, broken remnant, filled its center.

After war with Byzantium, the broken remnants of the tribes found refuge in the area, where they established their settlement.

The broken remnants of a chair tumbled from atop a heap of debris, and he saw a hand reach upward.

Blood was dropping onto the broken remnants of the tree limb.

He breathed deep and felt a stab of memory, a broken remnant from a past life, a shard sharp as glass.