traumatic
Example Sentences
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Having experienced such a traumatic loss, Andrew has thought about what people can do.
From BBC
Both remain in therapy trying to make sense of the traumatic time.
From Salon
Athanasios Alexandris and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University used mice to study what happens inside the visual system after traumatic brain injury.
From Science Daily
"The reports outline a very traumatic situation for those involved and nobody should ever have to experience fear or harassment for doing their job."
From BBC
There, Erikson teased out the stealthy, almost sinister peculiarities of modern man-made hazards, like radioactivity and toxicity, and their special, traumatic effects.
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