How to Use traumatized in a Sentence

traumatized

adjective
  • The rest of that day is a blur as my psyche was so traumatized.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Well this question seems to be salt in the wounds of traumatized Jays fans.
    Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • What does that mean to be born with the neuronal makeup of a traumatized or stressed parent?
    Nicholas Stfleur, STAT, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Kitsch plays Isaac, a traumatized man struggling to overcome his demons and find a reason to live.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The number of offspring were cut in half, and many of the young of parents that were exposed to fear were less healthy than their non-traumatized peers.
    Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2022
  • For many traumatized residents, the new Nurdagi could not be built soon enough.
    Gamze Yilmazel, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • The idea is to spare a traumatized child the ordeal of several interviews.
    New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021
  • But healing the traumatized brain has been much more challenging than any hike.
    Susan Young, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024
  • The pie shop’s traumatized young apprentice, Tobias, then cuts the bereft barber’s throat.
    Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The traumatized but steel-nerved Early, in retreat from a world that has done great violence to her, turns out to be the wellspring of the family’s survival.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The refugees, the suicides, the disabled, the unsheltered, the traumatized, the ones who have departed this reality.
    Viet Thanh Nguyen, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2023
  • According to Honea, though, the people of Oroville remain traumatized.
    Christopher Cox Spencer Lowell, New York Times, 22 June 2023
  • The traumatized crew that sailed with Blackbeard doesn’t so easily return the gentle kindness that Stede preaches to his crew.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • One of my favorite scenes in both films is the helicopter scene in Soldado, as Graver came face to face with this traumatized teenager that Isabela Merced played.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2022
  • After the crash, a group of traumatized witnesses held Hyden in the park until police arrived.
    Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 7 July 2024
  • Krasner described a traumatized neighborhood Wednesday, with curtains closed, doors locked and an absence of cars on the street.
    Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
  • The traumatized teen became a Michael Jackson impersonator and was admired for his dance moves.
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 8 June 2023
  • The film embodies Lee’s traumatized numbness to a degree.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 May 2024
  • In other words, some traumatized people might refuse to create a budget, open their bills or discuss their finances.
    Juli Fraga, New York Times, 5 July 2023
  • The traumatized father makes the kind of decision that no parent should ever have to make, with drastic repercussions.
    Thelma Adams, Variety, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Hamm is sympathetic as the traumatized but good-hearted cop.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The answer to traumatized kids isn’t traumatizing more kids.
    Riana Pfefferkorn, Scientific American, 10 June 2024
  • While implementing data science, the team wants to offer a safe space for users who may feel traumatized and isolated.
    Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • In the Snyder cut of the film, Fisher’s character is the heart of the story, a traumatized and reluctant hero who utilizes his genius-level intellect (and unique tech) to chart the team’s course to success.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 Apr. 2021
  • At this point, Monroe is used to playing cold, traumatized and tortured women who have an uncanny knack for finding and confronting evil.
    Jake Kring-Schreifels, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • The United States will be dealing with traumatized leaders who may be unwilling or unable to make big decisions.
    Aaron David Miller, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023
  • There is a version of this book that might be more palatable to a broad readership: a version in which a traumatized war orphan’s friendship with a warmongering alien heals and redeems them both.
    Amal El-Mohtar, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Now, the strategy that left Hamas entrenched in Gaza is being scrutinized by traumatized Israelis.
    Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Characters become types or categories: a mourning mother, an abusive spouse, a traumatized child, a struggling artist, a marginalized soul.
    Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • After the initial shock of October 7, the traumatized nation was galvanized into action.
    Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024

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