Today, the town is a ghost of its former self.
His smile was a ghost of its former self as he released me.
He returns to Penny, a ghost of his former self.
Then a ghost of his old self came back for a moment.
The city which became the most depressing ghost of its former self was Shanghai.
Now retired, even he knows he's a ghost of his corporate self.
Today, Chestonia is but a ghost of its former self.
"I'm nothing but a ghost of my former self, too."
A ghost of its former self, you might say.
Physically, I had been rendered into a ghost of my former self.