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

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 • Jan. 19, 2026

Those muscles atrophied, leaving a huge opportunity for someone like Matt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025

Social skills and conversational ease have stiffened and atrophied.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

“The cells in your systems have atrophied and are dead,” she said sharply.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez