traumatizing

Example Sentences

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While that was traumatizing at the time, the finality helped my grieving.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

“It’s degrading and traumatizing to experience your own identity being distorted without your consent,” Smith said, now age 43.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

It was the most traumatizing thing I’ve ever been through, but it was the most rewarding thing once it was finished.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

As Sue later told me, “To have been returned home would have felt emotionally and physically traumatizing for Tom, me, and my sons and our family.”

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025

“This must be very traumatizing for you. It’s not every day one finds out his father is actually a pretty nice guy.”

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin