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

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

Because the violin is much lighter than the viola, my atrophied arm muscles were able to hold it.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2023

“Like any other appendage,” the captain tells me, “it has atrophied from lack of use.”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman