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

When followed over several years, the super-agers’ brains atrophied at a slower rate than average.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024

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

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2023

I never learned any prayers, so I wander away into the fields, beyond the gates and watchtowers, as far from the barracks and bodies as my atrophied muscles will carry me.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper