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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a damaged man" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a man who has experienced emotional or psychological harm, often implying that he is struggling with personal issues or trauma.
Example: "After the war, he returned home as a damaged man, haunted by memories of what he had witnessed."
Alternatives: "a broken man" or "a wounded man".
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He now wears the look of a damaged man.
Olafsson makes readers dwell in the sour brain of a damaged man.
Tony, he realizes, is a damaged man but means him no harm, and they become quarrelling, roistering friends.
"There's a correlation between damage and ambition - show me an ambitious man and I'll show you a damaged man".
I'm becoming a little impatient with Jude and really it's hard to imagine such a damaged man being a top flight litigation lawyer.
It is a simple story, with a twist of tragedy, showing a damaged man trying to come to terms with a series of defeats.
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Through a set of mysterious circumstances, a violent damaged man is forced to undertake the protection of a young girl with whom he eventually establishes a paternal bond.
That Salinger was a selfish, damaged man is undeniable.
"A surgically damaged man appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair, and the applause is mandatory," writes David French of the National Review.
Baby is damaged, but then I suppose they're all damaged men".
Greenfield's Leary is a heartless and damaged man.
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