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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Burnham has made reforming social care one of his flagship policies and has spoken of the experience of his father Roy, who had Alzheimer's and died earlier this month.
From BBC β Sep. 27, 2026
In “Ausländer: One Family’s Story of Escape and Exile,” Mr. Moritz traces the generational arc of trauma and displacement that has also encompassed his own life experience.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 27, 2026
Pelinka said the organization “rebuilt our entire player experience and player development arm,” led by the promotion of Zach Guthrie, the former G League affiliate head coach, to the head of player development.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 27, 2026
Abdullahi, drawing simultaneously from Ethiopian history, Muslim traditions and her own contemporary experience.
From Salon β Sep. 27, 2026
‘So. Why don’t you see if you can have a chat with her? In my experience, older people really like to be asked about their past.’
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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Chef Isabel Coss spoke about deliberately seeking out experiences that leave her feeling a little out of place.
From Salon β Sep. 27, 2026
"Sat in his dining room with a cup of tea Gwen had made, Harry told me just a small portion of his many many experiences whilst fighting in Burma," Liston said.
From BBC β Sep. 26, 2026
“At a time when consumers are affected by high living costs, we are gradually strengthening our customer offering through attractive and inspiring products, shopping experiences and brands,” Erver said.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 24, 2026
But these experiences taught Brown valuable lessons about the risk that comes with investing in single stocks, and she’s since adjusted her portfolio.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 24, 2026
By virtue of your everyday experiences with music, you know more than you think about music, and can probably easily answer the questions in Activity 1D.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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It can be the accumulation of everywhere a person has been and everything they have experienced.
From Salon β Sep. 27, 2026
Instead, the Trojans found themselves in an all-too-familiar, all-too-painful position, one they’d experienced many times before during Riley’s tenure.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 27, 2026
"I have experienced it at Bayern Munich for example, you don't fear anyone," the 33-year-old said.
From BBC β Sep. 26, 2026
Scientists have often pointed to it as evidence that Earth experienced a major global disruption of the carbon cycle around 2 billion years ago.
From Science Daily β Sep. 26, 2026
I don’t know if she realized, but letting myself feel my grief might be scarier than anything I’ve experienced in the Eloko.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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"It can happen anywhere in the world but the Himalayas are experiencing adverse impacts due to climate change and anthropogenic activity," he said.
From Barron's β Sep. 27, 2026
“For the thousands of people experiencing homelessness or working to rebuild their lives, the systems and funding that connect them to housing and services cannot simply stop,” Graves said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 25, 2026
The UK faced its hottest summer on record this year, with much of the country experiencing drought and repeated heatwaves.
From BBC β Sep. 24, 2026
They are the ones who are experiencing the most profound sense of loss.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 24, 2026
Dad was watching baseball, Mom was working on her laptop, and I was experiencing a life-threatening level of boredom.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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