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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As of July 23, the experience sold just under 11,000 tickets in pre-sales.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 29, 2026
The move is part of new manager Xabi Alonso's recruitment drive to add experience to Chelsea's squad, which has been the youngest in the Premier League for the past two seasons.
From BBC β Jul. 29, 2026
“Etna” is sentimental and no doubt simplistic, but its timeless storytelling formula makes it a moving experience.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 29, 2026
What is the single most important lesson a young investor today can take from that experience?
From MarketWatch β Jul. 29, 2026
In Penelope’s experience, being ignored on one’s birthday was far more distracting than a few moments of friendship and a spoonful of jam would have been.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
This process could help explain why certain food experiences become especially memorable.
From Science Daily β Jul. 29, 2026
And nearly 80% said affordable weekend social experiences sound appealing to them.
From MarketWatch β Jul. 29, 2026
Ask open-ended questions to learn about their experiences that led them to have these concerns.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 28, 2026
The collaboration will bring supporters different match day dining experiences, hospitality packages and corporate events throughout the season.
From BBC β Jul. 28, 2026
Though he’d only been gone from the United States two months, Bobby had taken from his competitive experiences more than just bragging rights.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Matt Coker, the captain of the boat Philp and media were on, told the BBC he had never experienced a similar incident.
From BBC β Jul. 29, 2026
“In all our years of normal operations, we have never experienced an accident with gas supply.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 29, 2026
But Ogata has "never experienced this big of a jolt".
From BBC β Jul. 29, 2026
The chain has experienced other problems as well, including remodels that backfired, agitation among activist investors and same-store sales that have wobbled over Masino’s three-year tenure.
From MarketWatch β Jul. 28, 2026
It didn’t matter when big mortgage lenders like Ownit and ResCap failed, or some pool of subprime loans experienced higher than expected losses.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
On land, Japan is experiencing a severe heatwave with thousands of people needing hospital treatment over a week.
From Barron's β Jul. 29, 2026
Some vendors at the Central Avenue Farmers Market are open to bartering or trading with customers experiencing food scarcity.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 28, 2026
But our research suggests something more significant is occurring in terms of changing consumer interest in spaces related to horror or trauma, their mediation, and new ways of experiencing them.
From Science Daily β Jul. 26, 2026
Many regions are also experiencing rising industrial power demand, the electrification of building heat, more electric vehicles and population growth.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 24, 2026
He guessed what frustrations guards must be experiencing to excuse the rude things they said to him.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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