How to Use trauma in a Sentence

trauma

noun
  • She never fully recovered from the traumas she suffered during her childhood.
  • She never fully recovered from the trauma of her experiences.
  • The accident victim sustained multiple traumas.
  • The sound of Casey’s laugh as the two sat in front of the fire and talked about religion and trauma?
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The man was taken to UChicago Medicine with trauma to the body.
    Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • For some who fled into the water, the ocean is still a source of trauma.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Still, Sorvino was able to deeply connect with the show and the trauma that comes along with the show’s themes.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 21 Oct. 2023
  • No one gets over that kind of trauma and the most painful scars are the ones people don’t see.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 10 July 2023
  • This is a story about children and the trauma that is brought to them during times of war.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Well, as the character says in the film, trauma cannot be healed unless it's faced.
    Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Sometimes, the trauma of these schools can even result in death.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The shelter believes Chase may have been hit by a car, causing the trauma to his face.
    Makiya Seminera, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Darvish has the same hope, saying the passing of time could heal the traumas and extinguish the prejudices of the past.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Her husband, a 46-year-old ear, nose and throat surgeon, takes a lot of trauma calls around North Texas.
    Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • Find ways to cope with reminders of trauma and flashbacks.
    Lauren Krouse, Verywell Health, 11 Nov. 2023
  • As such, the works speak to vision, identity and trauma.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • And none of the elephants had their tusks removed or had external signs of trauma, the study authors write.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Every night in the Mountain West has been a home team’s treasure and road team’s taxing trauma.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • An autopsy would reveal that Smith had died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head.
    Gary Wynn, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The question of how to treat childhood trauma—either in children or in adults—has more recently come to the fore.
    Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The medical examiner ruled the cause of death as blunt-force trauma to the head, Kenny said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Rott died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head from the fall, according to authorities.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Its trauma plot doesn’t have the originality of a Bly Manor or a Midnight Mass.
    TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
  • What life looks like sometimes: trauma and abuse in the absence of love, protection, grace, and mercy.
    Zandria Robinson, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Among the victims was a 4-month-old baby who died from head trauma and a woman who worked at a bank, officials said.
    MartÍn Adames AlcÁntara and DÁnica Coto, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
  • But for that trauma, these offenses would not have occurred.
    Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Keep the context in mind Pregnancy loss is painful enough on its own, but some circumstances can compound the trauma.
    Alex Hazlett, Parents, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The Trials is a far cry from the trauma that the reality show contestants had to endure, several of them told The Times.
    Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Her body was found in a body of water on the military training base with obvious signs of trauma and a struggle.
    Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 8 July 2023
  • Rush knows firsthand how trauma can shadow someone's life -- and the hole suicide can leave behind.
    Sarah Beth Guevara, ABC News, 9 July 2023

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