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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

There are certainly examples of students and consumers of culture making suspect claims that certain words or images traumatize them.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2024

A hallmark of these coming-of-age horror shows is that the scares are not meant “to just traumatize them,” says Roth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

She was packing up her things slowly so as to not traumatize Ma.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

“It still traumatizes me at read-throughs. I’m like, oh my God, oh my God, please don’t mess up a word. It was a good training ground.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025

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

It traumatizes them and leads to worse outcomes later.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2019

“Use of such restraint traumatizes a person in emotional distress and exacerbates the condition and experience of the crisis for the individual,” she said in an email.

From New York Times ● May 13, 2016

Residents near the epicenter of a major earthquake in southern Panama began cleaning up on Saturday, traumatized by the previous day's heavy shaking that left widespread damage but so far no reported deaths.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

But that is the way much of Jordan’s narration reads, a mixture of traumatized testimony, tortured confession and furious screed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

With a PG-13 rating that gets away with quite a bit, the action harkens back to the days of “Poltergeist,” a PG-rated film that had whole families walking out of the theater traumatized and silent.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

And I’d go back to being Jacob the poor, traumatized, mentally disturbed rich kid.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

I thought high school was traumatizing enough, but I didn’t have to deal with anything close to what the teens in “Yellowjackets” have endured for three seasons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2026

Both instances are deeply traumatizing and lead to mistrust of the police.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025

“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