Example Sentences

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Despite massive vocal opposition, cognitive offloading is addictive, and our capacity for deep work atrophies with every use.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

NBCUniversal is cutting “Access Hollywood” and several other of its daytime talk shows, effectively ending its first run syndication business as daytime television atrophies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

"When you get machines thinking for you, your brain just atrophies."

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

As we age, our brain gradually atrophies, losing nerve cells and connections and this can lead to a decline in brain function.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2024

"Use or lose" is her motto, and when we cease to use a faculty or function it is gradually taken away from us, gradually shrivels and atrophies.

From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett