traumatic
Example Sentences
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You can retain important reference numbers without having boxes of documents in your home reminding you of what was, no doubt, a traumatic time in your life.
From MarketWatch
When Meg decides to write a musical depicting the traumatic events, she sets off a chain reaction that impacts many people in town.
From Los Angeles Times
As traumatic as such piety might seem, Jonathan Sheehan’s “On the Altar” shows convincingly that human sacrifice and its multiple meanings and practices have shaped the intellectual history of the West.
Native Alaskans’ traumatic history helps explain Greenland’s adamant opposition to an American takeover today.
Having had such a traumatic childhood, she was unsure if she could handle it if they rejected her.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
