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Johnston carries the film and the emotional core, but Navarrette delivers the kind of instantly classic horror turn that will surely traumatize Gen Z for years.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

In this way, “The Sheep Detectives” recalls an earlier era of children’s movies that weren’t afraid to lightly traumatize their young audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

On Monday, Minnesota school districts and educators sought an emergency order in federal court to stop immigration operations near public schools because of their potential to traumatize children.

From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2026

“This country has done nothing but traumatize me in the last six months. Maybe I’ll just move to Spain.”

From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025

I mean, it might traumatize the baby slightly.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

When you have people saying this artwork traumatizes me, it hurts me, and it’s not generating a conversation, then you have to wonder: What is its purpose?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2023

Advocates for people experiencing homelessness have expressed dismay and alarm with the mayor’s position, which they say often criminalizes the city’s most vulnerable residents and can further traumatizes many of them, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022

Writing from her own experience, O'Neil digs into the ways in which shame conditions and traumatizes those whose bodies don't adhere to beauty industry norms.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2022

When patients tell her they’re using an at-home file, “I cringe, because what that does is it actually traumatizes the skin, and then your body gets drier and it adds more calluses,” she said.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2022

And fleeing war traumatizes many migrants, further complicating their assimilation.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2015

“The baby boom generation is still traumatized by the bubble,” says Jesper Koll, global ambassador for booster group FinCity.Tokyo.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

You have been through a huge life change, with the death of your son, and you are probably more traumatized by that than you realize.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

“People who have been traumatized with generational poverty are the most vulnerable to the lure of materialism,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

As one battered, traumatized survivor declares at the battle’s conclusion, “If this be victory, I hope I never see another.”

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

It was hard for people to believe it, but Sasha didn’t feel traumatized by what had happened.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

Fireworks are also traumatizing for pets, particularly dogs, which tremble and even bolt from their homes in fear.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

Divorce is a traumatizing event, and your friend has moved on in a productive and forward-looking manner.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

While that was traumatizing at the time, the finality helped my grieving.

From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026

“It’s degrading and traumatizing to experience your own identity being distorted without your consent,” Smith said, now age 43.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

You could tell how traumatizing the last eighteen months since Walter's arrest had been.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson