Example Sentences

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After exhausting holistic options, he saw a doctor who said one of his vocal cords was atrophying.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2024

On Tuesday, the company’s founder and financial lifeline, the eBay billionaire Jeff Skoll, pulled the plug — a decision based, at least in part, on the atrophying entertainment business.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2024

"After two years, part of my brain was atrophying," one said.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2024

The work the body does against gravity to stay upright and move around keeps muscles from atrophying and stimulates bone growth.

From Scientific American • Sep. 19, 2023

Over the weeks that followed he languished in the hospital, arms curled grotesquely at his sides, muscles atrophying, his weight dropping below 80 pounds.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer