trauma

Example Sentences

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“Looking at what Mamdani just did to me, and more broadly is doing to the City of New York, is triggering of the trauma I went through in Chicago,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

“Sweeps also add to the anxiety and trauma of being unhoused, creating mental health pressures that make it harder to engage with services,” Huang said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Viles Dorsainvil, the executive director of Haitian Community Support Center, calls it a lasting trauma that the immigrant population and their children will carry with them beyond this administration.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

While victims were recounting their experiences and their subsequent ongoing trauma, Davidson sat reading a book in the dock.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 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