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Collocations for remnant - noun

ADJECTIVE

small
last, surviving
The museum is one of the last remnants of the 17th-century palace.
shattered, tattered
the tattered remnants of the flag
She still has a chance to scrape together the shattered remnants of her life and move on. (figurative)

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PREPOSITION

remnant from (figurative)
Their outdated attitudes are a remnant from colonial days.

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PHRASES

a remnant from the past, a remnant of the past

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