The new company is but a shadow of its former self.
The city is but a shadow of its once great self.
But he was only a shadow of his former self.
But it would be nearly a century before the department became even a shadow of its current self.
By the early 1900s the town was a shadow of its previous self.
One died leaving a small son, the other is back at work but very much a shadow of his former self.
This new Richard is only a shadow of his former self.
After all the time he'd spent in the Hole, he was a shadow of his former self.
Poor old Wilson is a shadow of his former self.
Although the house and large lake remain, the park is now a shadow of its former self.