traumatizing

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

Both instances are deeply traumatizing and lead to mistrust of the police.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025

“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

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

I think she actually said “little boy,” but it was so traumatizing to hear that I may have blocked it out.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith