trauma
Example Sentences
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An endeavor once bathed in excitement and wonder ended in tragedy and trauma for those who witnessed it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
"But there's all the other things, my clothes were ruined, my son's trauma, my trauma... there's a lot in that."
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
"Our broader analysis of local strandings both inside and outside San Francisco Bay found that over 40% of these whales died of trauma from vessels."
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
Then came a very long appearance by Susan Sarandon, who delivered a monologue about … the trauma of childhood celebrity?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
Justyce already knew about the superpredator myth—he’d stumbled upon the whole thing while trying to deal with his own profiling trauma.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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