trauma

Example Sentences

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By helping patients confront their trauma, she developed a way to give them power over it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The number with serious mental health issues, particularly trauma, is also “very high,” they said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

She said that in her professional capacity, she sees situations where relationships come under pressure because of the trauma of a miscarriage.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

"Opera singers, we often carry the heavy grief and drama and trauma in our own work," he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

The records show what Reggie was doing, and it was fair to assume he’d lied rather than forgotten what happen because of the trauma.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel