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In this way, “The Sheep Detectives” recalls an earlier era of children’s movies that weren’t afraid to lightly traumatize their young audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

“This country has done nothing but traumatize me in the last six months. Maybe I’ll just move to Spain.”

From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025

“If they’ve betrayed the person they love the most while that trauma bond is still strong, they internalize the guilt and that can destabilize them or traumatize them further.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2023

The movie's footage was so unsettling that parents' groups claimed the film would traumatize children and even scare them away from Christmas.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2023

I mean, it might traumatize the baby slightly.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

But experiencing trauma with the understanding that it is in a dream traumatizes others all over again, she said.

From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

Advocates for people experiencing homelessness have expressed dismay and alarm with the mayor’s position, which they say often criminalizes the city’s most vulnerable residents and can further traumatizes many of them, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022

Writing from her own experience, O'Neil digs into the ways in which shame conditions and traumatizes those whose bodies don't adhere to beauty industry norms.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2022

When patients tell her they’re using an at-home file, “I cringe, because what that does is it actually traumatizes the skin, and then your body gets drier and it adds more calluses,” she said.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2022

Their roles as sounding boards have become more vital as the daily onslaught of news alarms traumatizes some, said Ben “Taco” Owens, who supervises a team of 11 intervention workers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2020

Tommy and Tuppence, on top of the scene and possibly traumatized, decide to solve the murder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Jordan, who escapes relatively unscathed, is at once cowed and traumatized yet committed to vengeance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Men here, some of whom have served decades, are deeply traumatized.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

“The Catcher in the Rye” is a text that is flatly impossible to decouple from its author: A book about trauma written in the midst of trauma by a traumatized man.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

“Cause everyone thinks you’re traumatized, and if it doesn’t happen then you’ll freak out.”

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

Margaret confronts the principal and tells him that Carrie was rattled by the drill and that the whole exercise is traumatizing to students.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Fireworks are also traumatizing for pets, particularly dogs, which tremble and even bolt from their homes in fear.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

How would adolescents get through their fictional puberty if no one was traumatizing them?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Divorce is a traumatizing event, and your friend has moved on in a productive and forward-looking manner.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

“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