trauma

Example Sentences

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“My biggest concern right now — aside from my case, you could say — is my children. It’s a trauma that remains. It’s difficult to overcome that experience.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Nearly three years after a catastrophic storm tore through eastern Libya's port city of Derna killing almost 4,000 people the city is getting back on its feet, but the trauma persists.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Now at home with baby Aarav, she faces six weeks physical recovery from the major surgery, but says the mental trauma is the hardest part for her.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Spoon-feeding this critical bit of dialogue early in the film allows Barker to heap as much violence, trauma and tropes onto Nikki’s character as possible, under the guise of thematic callbacks.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

Trauma del tren, train trauma, that is what Toño says that I have, over these long months with him.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads