atrophied

Example Sentences

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“It’s like a muscle that maybe has atrophied a little bit over the years,” Gould said in his interview with the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Any principles beyond those have atrophied into invisibility.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2025

Social skills and conversational ease have stiffened and atrophied.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

Last month, the nonprofit Long Beach Post, which expertly covered the port city while the Press-Telegram atrophied, laid off nearly everyone.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

His senses must have been blunted and atrophied with money and the getting of it.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck