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

“Bishop Rojas is registering that this is traumatizing for people — seeing families being separated,” Hoover said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025

Still, these experiences can be traumatizing or retraumatizing.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2025

You could tell how traumatizing the last eighteen months since Walter's arrest had been.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson