Sentences with phrase «shell of one's former self»

It's not easy, but there are ways to make it a bit easier so that we won't be shells of our former selves when the school year draws to a close.

Many former tech leaders are now shells of their former selves or have gone out of business.

Instead of becoming stronger, confident and successful, we are becoming shells of our former selves: softer, fatter, depressed and less virile.

The game's barebones content and poorly - executed controls were the epitome of what the long - running Nintendo series had become over the last few years: a shiny but vapid shell of its former self.

In a disappointing reversal, AB 934 — a bill originally introduced in April by Assemblymember Susan Bonilla to address the broken teacher employment laws challenged by Vergara v. California — has emerged in the California Senate Education Committee a mere shell of its former self.

Anybody watching Baylor and Ole Miss in September and November saw shells of former selves.

Over the past few years, many of these conferences have undergone transformations of Bruce Jenner - eqsue proportions leaving them unrecognizable shells of their former selves.

And match - winner in that final, to a misfiring shell of his former self.

There's a commonly held assumption that a pregnant woman's immune system fades into a weak shell of its former self to keep from attacking the growing fetus.

Without the philosophical message, what's left of Pulse is much like the humans in the movie after their essence is extracted — it's a lifeless shell of its former self that loses coherence and reason as time goes on before finally disintegrating into nothingness.

In Round 1 of the Dare Daniel podcast, fierce rivals Daniel and Corky trade punches on Peter Segal's Grudge Match, starring Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro as shells of their former selves.

Creator Doug Ellin (1998's «Kissing a Fool») writes and directs this big - screen continuation but has turned it into an unironically vapid, self - indulgent, wheel - spinning shell of its former self with nothing more to tell and with nowhere left to go with these characters, at least not here.

Over time, the series slowly eked away from its roots as a survival / horror game and turned into a sad, action focused shell of its former self.

At long last the wait is over and Alex returns, but he's a haunted shell of his former self.

A chained animal is caught in a vicious cycle; frustrated by long periods of boredom and social isolation, he becomes a neurotic shell of his former self - further deterring human interaction and kindness.

Whether you're looking for an alternative to Mario Kart, or want to turn the latest super cars into twisted metal shells of their former selves, you're almost certain to have a good time with Blur.

You are tasked with uncovering the sinister secret behind other members of the Silent Ones turning into crazed nano - infected shells of their former self and in the process, fight your way through multitudes of your past comrades.

A mysterious darkness trailed behind the magical orb, turning the planets to which it once gave new life, including Earth, into war - torn shells of their former selves.

Even mild - mannered professionals can suddenly become rabid shells of their former selves when they need a lawyer.

A literal shell of his former self, Baramos» rotten corpse is reanimated by Zoma's sorcery to delay the party's advance.

Those who were giants back then — Nokia, BlackBerry, and Motorola — are shells of their former selves after failing to prevent the iPhone's rise.

The Mall at 163rd Street in North Miami Beach is a desolate shell of its former self.

Stepping off from Philip Guston's abstract impressionist phase, Mr. Ryman took its constituent parts — in particular, the fleshy slurs of oil paint — and distilled them until they became shells of their former selves.

The fact that Bisping came close to doing so is impressive, even tho all 3 of them were shells of their former selves when they fought

The game's barebones content and poorly - executed controls were the epitome of what the long - running Nintendo series had become over the last few years: a shiny but vapid shell of its former self.

The changes, however, prompted Students Matter, the organization supporting the student plaintiffs in the Vergara trial, to withdraw its support for the bill, calling it «a mere shell of its former self.»

Contract disputes, coaching changes — the team became a shell of their former selves.

A successful paper is turned into a shell of its former self so its hedge fund owners can buy houses in the Hamptons.

And ever since she left, the company and its stock have been a shell of their former selves.

Looking at some of the comments of these people, no wonder why our country is a shell of its former self.

The so - called «Christian West» is but a shell of its former self.

Christendom is no more, and the so - called «Christian west» is only the shell of its former self.

A shell of your former selves.

Bushrod — 30 years old a shell of his former self.

Ratliff — 33 years old and a shell of his former self Bostic?

Briggs — 34 and a shell of his former self.

-- 32 years old a shell of his former self.

Today, he's just a shell of that former self, timid, stubborn, narrow minded and thin skinned, and unable to motivate himself and his players...

From freak turnovers to execution errors and dropped passes, the Falcons» offense has been a shell of its former self.

They made it back to the Finals in 2010 even as KG was a shell of his former self.

Now, it just looks like Perk is a shell of his former self, and even that former self is only being asked to defend the opposing team's best big man and occasionally rebound the ball.

But he's 33 with a few hundred games on his legs now, and he's a shell of his former self.

Peyton Manning set the all - time mark in passing yards in 2015, but he had quickly become a shell of his former self at age 39.

A former rookie of the year and MVP, Ichiro has been a shell of his former self this season posting just a.261 batting average, however the Yankees hope a change of scenery — and more importantly, the chance to finally play for a contender — will help the slap - happy lefty regain his old form.

Now more than halfway through the Serie A season, Gagliardini looks like a shell of his former self.

Chamakh has not been able recapture the form he had when he first joined the club and Andrey Arshavin has been a shell of his former self.

It is no secret that Terry has looked like a shell of his former self, and Hazard has not regained his Player of the Year form yet, while Fabregas does not look like the assist king of last season.

«While we are pleased with Intro 541, Intro 182 is replete with loopholes and a shell of its former self.

But now,» he says, and his face falls, «it's a shell of its former self to me.»

The condition is extremely distressing, as the individuals concerned essentially become a shell of their former selves, and the level of care they need affects all other family members too.