How to Use atrophied in a Sentence
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The weight difference between a healthy brain and an atrophied brain is stunning.
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Anderson Cooper,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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This explained the atrophied organs.
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Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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As lockdowns lifted, there were numerous reports of people feeling anxious about their atrophied social skills.
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Lamorna Ash,
The Dial,
25 Nov. 2025
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In a cemetery shed, the doctors performed more than three thousand autopsies, which revealed that starvation softened the bones and atrophied vital organs.
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Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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By using acupuncture to stimulate atrophied muscles, veterinarians can start to reverse this process.
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Joe Smith,
The Conversation,
29 Apr. 2025
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But by the end of the twentieth century, after a consolidation spree, the sinewy mega- chains now held all the power, and could bully the atrophied publishing industry with the risk of returning huge orders to the houses.
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Literary Hub,
25 Nov. 2025
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