trauma
Example Sentences
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Lizzie said despite feeling like she had justice, she still lives with the trauma of what happened.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
Hinkley, 21, died at the crash site in September, and his fiancée, 20-year-old Madeline Fox, suffered “catastrophic” injuries, including permanent brain trauma, according to a lawsuit filed this week by their families against Riverside County.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Konkle also recalls feeling “semi-disliked” by her mother, a pattern they later identified as being tied into generational trauma.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
“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
“Isabelle will recover quickly from the trauma of having a stillborn baby,” she heard Mr. Derby say.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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