Collocations for "remnant"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "remnant" in context.
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remnant
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- [endangered, withering, tattered, small] remnants
- remnants of [vegetation, forests, marshland, bogs]
- remnants of the [building, church, temple, empire, past]
- only a remnant remained [of, from]
- a remnant of the [period, days] when
- [find, discover, spot, see, preserve] remnants (of)
- [eliminate, destroy, wipe out] the remnants of the [regime, dictatorship]
- remnants from [when, among, where]
- [any, no, little, some] remnant (of)
- is the only remnant of
- remnants of a (forgotten) civilization
- [carpet, fabric] remnants
- make a [curtain, quilt, skirt] out of remnants