How to Use atrophy in a Sentence

atrophy

noun

• The doctor is concerned about possible atrophy of the shoulder muscles.
• And without a rich street life, the public spaces of a city atrophy.
  — Michael J. Lewis, National Review, 3 Sep. 2020
• The disease causes parts of the lobes to atrophy, causing changes in these areas.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
• There’s a big win in the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 4 Feb. 2020
• This can lead to vaginal atrophy, where the vaginal walls become dry and thin.
  — Emily Lincke, Houston Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2017
• Sometimes the muscles near their jaw atrophy, or thin out.
  — Dawn Filos, Philly.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• The future that these years of atrophy and anomie and enmity teased at arrived all at once.
  — David Roth, The New Republic, 11 June 2020
• Skin atrophy is one of the most common side effects of topical steroid overuse.
  — Verywell Health, 24 Jan. 2023
• Expect the living witness of their faith to atrophy and wither because of it.
  — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 4 Sep. 2020
• And that memory loss and brain atrophy are not inevitable?
  — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 5 Jan. 2021
• The result has been widespread atrophy in this society of refugees.
  — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2023
• The medicine helps children with spinal muscular atrophy live a normal life.
  — New York Times, 24 Jan. 2023
• Detroit was far from the only city where the latest census showed a populace in atrophy.
  — New York Times, 28 Aug. 2021
• But then their lifeline — the highway — began to atrophy.
  — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2022
• In addition, the lack of sensory input from the ear may hasten rates of brain atrophy.
  — Stacey Burling, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• The atrophy was more pronounced in the artistic group than in those without artistic tendencies.
  — Robert Martone, Scientific American, 26 May 2023
• The financial crisis and the pandemic showed the atrophy of our systems of protection and trust.
  — New York Times, 2 June 2022
• Her son, Malachi, was born with the most severe form of spinal muscular atrophy.
  — Damian Garde, Scientific American, 4 June 2019
• He was diagnosed with congenital spinal atrophy at the age of three.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 Mar. 2022
• Because his right foot was immobilized for so long, there was atrophy in the right calf muscle.
  — Rick Stroud, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• That’s helpful, because the diaphragm can atrophy quickly if the muscle isn’t used.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 25 July 2023
• Olson says that the root of many neuropsychiatric conditions is the atrophy of neurons in the pre-frontal cortex.
  — Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
• With this much Netflix, the danger of muscle atrophy is real.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2022
• As your hearing deteriorates, the part of the brain which controls that function starts to atrophy.
  — Liz Seegert, Fortune Well, 23 June 2023
• Doctors say social isolation can result in a faster rate of brain atrophy.
  — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2021
• But spending months on the sofa also causes people’s skills to atrophy.
  — The Economist, 30 Dec. 2020
• Others have rapid and unexplained weight loss and muscle atrophy.
  — Washington Post, 12 May 2021
• Culture is a muscle that builds slowly but atrophies quickly.
  — Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• In fact, research shows that vaginal atrophy tends to worsen over time without treatment.
  — Marygrace Taylor, Woman's Day, 8 Sep. 2020
• Most of that sales growth came from Spinraza, a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy that launched last year.
  — Charley Grant, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 14 Apr 2024