Examples of atrophying

• The arts were atrophying from an overly rationalist penchant for mere realistic description.

• This has led to an atrophying of the sense of individual, local responsibility and the sense of community.

• There was no need to assassinate it, because it was atrophying anyway.

• This will be a slow, agonising, atrophying process, with no certainty of when or how it will end.

• This atrophying of his senses resulted in his de-sensitivity to violence, as well as feelings of angst and frustration coupled with destructive behavior.

• Examples of atrophying muscle diseases include muscular dystrophy, myotonia congenita, and myotonic dystrophy.

• Many of his passages warn against the atrophying power of a pleasurable lifestyle, as well as the spiritual and physical advantages of a more spartan regime.