experience
Usage
What is another way to say experience?
The verb experience implies being affected by what one meets with: to experience a change of heart, bitter disappointment. Undergo usually refers to the bearing or enduring of something hard, difficult, disagreeable, or dangerous: to undergo severe hardships, an operation.
Example Sentences
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Millions of people experience ischemic strokes each year.
From Science Daily β Sep. 4, 2026
“It’s our duty to use this experience to make a positive impact.”
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 4, 2026
"No helmsman or lookout was posted on the bridge and the officer, who had only recently joined the vessel and lacked experience, was left alone on watch," the report said.
From Barron's β Sep. 4, 2026
You started with almost no financial knowledge, climbed out of serious debt and used that experience as motivation to turn your life around.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 4, 2026
In his experience, admitting to something generally led to more trouble, but it was too late.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
It was not until she was an adult, when former classmates began sharing their experiences, that some found relief.
From BBC β Sep. 1, 2026
The company hopes to develop AI-driven devices that could compete with Apple’s hero product, the iPhone, on which Apple has so far failed to deliver compelling AI experiences.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 1, 2026
After the alleged encounter, Van Tassel began building the machine and hosting the Giant Rock Interplanetary Spacecraft Convention, where he gave other contactees a platform to speak about their experiences.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 1, 2026
During another panel at the festival, chefs talked about traveling to unfamiliar places specifically because of what they could bring home from those experiences.
From Salon β Sep. 1, 2026
But she had a whole trail of bad experiences behind her, and she didn’t think she had enough time even in the rest of her life to figure out what she might have learned.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
Insiders say their new recruits will be experienced, talented figures from outside politics.
From BBC β Sep. 4, 2026
The research arrives as experts and officials warn that the current El Niño, which began forming in June, is shaping up to be the strongest ever experienced by a considerable margin.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 4, 2026
Dandia experienced this as a 19-year-old college student, when a young Bangladeshi man joined a mutual aid charity he had started.
From Barron's β Sep. 4, 2026
Conditions worsened in 2026 when the river's headwaters in the southern Rocky Mountains experienced the earliest snowmelt on record.
From Science Daily β Sep. 3, 2026
Readers wrote letters to the editor about the various spirit manifestations they had experienced.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
At about 15:30 BST on Sunday, HM Coastguard received a report that three people were experiencing difficulty in the water at Marloes Sands beach, Pembrokeshire.
From BBC β Sep. 1, 2026
“You do feel something there, whether or not it’s healing I guess is up to the person experiencing it,” Chase said.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 1, 2026
He pointed to his Reffettorio project, which uses food and design to provide meals for people experiencing poverty and homelessness.
From Salon β Sep. 1, 2026
Despite experiencing significant physical trauma, the princesses appear to have received medical treatment that allowed them to recover.
From Science Daily β Aug. 30, 2026
He was a white kid from North Carolina who seemed to share my confusion about what we were experiencing during law school.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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