Well, 20 years later, including a decade in Washington trying to live down the vestigial traces of my Brooklyn accent, I find myself back, but not quite, home.

They are a throwback to the pointed ears of many mammals and just one more vestigial trace of man's evolutionary history.

Of Richmond Palace today only vestigial traces remain, most notably the gatehouse.

We have done away with those vestigial traces of racism.

The day had gone, leaving only vestigial traces of pale orange in the sky.

Even after he understood the workings of these mi-raculous phenomena, Smith continued to remember them with vestigial traces of awe.

Both were grotesque, with only vestigial traces of humanity; the mouths wide, almost as long as his forearm, the teeth crooked and sharp.

I would not absolutely swear that their Mercury News piece makes any coherent points, though vestigial traces of argument run through the post, going nowhere.

Only vestigial traces remain of the other two churches.

He still had a lingering headache, but it vanished now, leaving only the most vestigial trace of the alien's forcible joining of their minds.