traumatic
Example Sentences
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He not only imagines competing sides of a traumatic family story but also inhabits the aggrieved minds of both Douglas, the out-of-touch father, and James, his out-of-control playwright son.
From Los Angeles Times
You can retain important reference numbers without having boxes of documents in your home reminding you of what was, no doubt, a traumatic time in your life.
From MarketWatch
When Meg decides to write a musical depicting the traumatic events, she sets off a chain reaction that impacts many people in town.
From Los Angeles Times
As traumatic as such piety might seem, Jonathan Sheehan’s “On the Altar” shows convincingly that human sacrifice and its multiple meanings and practices have shaped the intellectual history of the West.
Native Alaskans’ traumatic history helps explain Greenland’s adamant opposition to an American takeover today.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
