lived experience

Example Sentences

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For Monterroso Mejia, becoming Valentina didn’t necessarily entail playing a character, but leaning on her lived experience as the child of immigrants existing in a bilingual place like Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

In the same way that learning another language helps us understand our native tongue more deeply, travel forms character through lived experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Warning signs were ignored and Katie's lived experience was disregarded.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

In doing so, the measurement deviates from lived experience, especially for cash-strapped Americans who are most exposed by these price changes.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

The silence—driven by stigma and fear of shame—results in a repression of public thought, a collective denial of lived experience.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander