trauma

Example Sentences

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The “duck and cover” drills are always treated as the baby boomers’ comic trauma, but it wasn’t so comic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Psychological trauma, social fragmentation, and economic dislocation are persistent scars that can span generations.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

Viewers accused the show of cruelty and humiliating Tran by making her relive her trauma on live television.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

The trial was selected as a "bellwether" proceeding, the outcome of which establishes a precedent for resolving other lawsuits that blame social media for fueling an epidemic of mental and emotional trauma.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Kamen could not fathom how Lawrence expected to be immune from courtroom questioning; he supposed, undoubtedly correctly, that Ernest was “not prepared to undergo the trauma of an adversary confrontation.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik