traumatic
Example Sentences
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As traumatic as such piety might seem, Jonathan Sheehan’s “On the Altar” shows convincingly that human sacrifice and its multiple meanings and practices have shaped the intellectual history of the West.
Native Alaskans’ traumatic history helps explain Greenland’s adamant opposition to an American takeover today.
Having had such a traumatic childhood, she was unsure if she could handle it if they rejected her.
From BBC
She came out as gay at a time, and in a city, where such a thing was far less traumatic than it had been.
His cause of death was recorded as traumatic brain injury and a fall.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
