atrophy
Example Sentences
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"He was like, 'it's about atrophy and entropy and the forces of the universe'," he said.
From Barron's
The pandemic, for all its lessons, quietly atrophied some of our neighboring muscles, and many of us are still figuring out how to use them again.
From Salon
But if it’s left to atrophy, it can disappear entirely.
From Salon
Chatbots can now do students’ homework or sub in for workers, threatening both livelihoods and the dignity of work while allowing critical thinking to atrophy.
When we met him, he meandered across the field, atrophied by lack of exercise, sat on my foot and looked up with a hopeful demeanor.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
