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

Our democratic muscles have atrophied, and I hope they can be reinvigorated before it's too late.

From Salon • May 5, 2025

Social skills and conversational ease have stiffened and atrophied.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

During a hearing in June, the jailed man said the muscles in his legs had atrophied so much that he needed a wheelchair and couldn’t lift his arms over his head.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023

He felt as if there was something atrophied between his eyes, where the base of the nose grew into the skull.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White