trauma

Example Sentences

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When voters approved Measure B in 2002 to fund the county’s trauma center network, an audit years later found the county couldn’t account for whether the money actually had been spent on emergency medical services.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Viles Dorsainvil, the executive director of Haitian Community Support Center, calls it a lasting trauma that the immigrant population and their children will carry with them beyond this administration.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

All six books in her Boys of Tommen series - which follow a group of teenagers navigating love, friendship and trauma at a private school - feature on the list.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

It’s considered one of the biggest innovations in cardiovascular medicine, offering a way to spare patients the physical and emotional trauma of open heart surgery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

“Mother, I must attend to my bowels. They are revolting against the trauma of the last twenty-four hours.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole