traumatize
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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
This crackdown has the potential to traumatize U.S. citizens, too.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025
“If they’ve betrayed the person they love the most while that trauma bond is still strong, they internalize the guilt and that can destabilize them or traumatize them further.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
I mean, it might traumatize the baby slightly.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
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“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
But experiencing trauma with the understanding that it is in a dream traumatizes others all over again, she said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
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
He is understandably traumatized, put under police investigation and stymied when he tries to find out more about the dead girl and her motives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
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
“He said, ‘I’m a traumatized human being who hasn’t moved on and I want some resolution,’” Krook recalls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Men here, some of whom have served decades, are deeply traumatized.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
It was hard for people to believe it, but Sasha didn’t feel traumatized by what had happened.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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Fireworks are also traumatizing for pets, particularly dogs, which tremble and even bolt from their homes in fear.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
The now famous “seven fishes” episode featured a memorable if traumatizing performance by Jamie Lee Curtis as the Berzatto family’s mad mother, Donna; the Richie-centric episode “Forks” was simply genius television.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Divorce is a traumatizing event, and your friend has moved on in a productive and forward-looking manner.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
It was the most traumatizing thing I’ve ever been through, but it was the most rewarding thing once it was finished.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
Also, there was the risk of her going into labor one day during AP Chem and traumatizing everyone in the junior class.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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