trauma

Example Sentences

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We are the product of their trauma, from their parents.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The mother said the ordeal had a "devastating impact" on their family and her son is experiencing "extreme trauma and stress".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The “duck and cover” drills are always treated as the baby boomers’ comic trauma, but it wasn’t so comic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Psychological trauma, social fragmentation, and economic dislocation are persistent scars that can span generations.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

At any rate, a study of more than a thousand Wari and Tiwanaku graves found no evidence of the trauma associated with violence.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann