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

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

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

In the e-zine the band's guitarist The Edge, said if Days of Ash was about "a world in trauma", then Easter Lily is about where the band goes for "strength to walk through this world".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The trauma of losing her house left her in a prolonged depression.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Schools across the country dispatched social workers to “help young people cope with what they’re hearing,” but in the hallways of Shaker Heights High School, the mood was hilarity rather than trauma.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng