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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Sharma was also one of Microsoft’s few rising stars with experience running consumer businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
In a horror movie pastiche, Mendoza is dogged by middle-aged white men compelled to tell him that their wife is Asian, which does sound like something from personal experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
“Audiences got to experience this artistic synchronicity during ‘Amadeus,’ and we’re so excited they get to deepen their relationship with these artists as they watch ‘The Visit.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Humphreys said one of the biggest lessons from the experience was the importance of morale.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
And from my many years of experience, I can tell you that most people don’t know what they are getting into.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
Yet the festival makes millions of dollars in revenue, and has become a popular event with tech CEOs and celebrities who chronically document their experiences on social media.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Hearing this, I began to question my own childhood experiences.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
A report detailing symptoms Boyle Heights residents around a burned-down warehouse confirms community members’ experiences, advocates say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
And the divergence between his parents’ experiences decades ago still informs the way he lives and operates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
He wrote two books on his experiences, Through Hell for Hitler and A Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Germany in the 1930s.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Prime Minister Balendra Shah has vowed to "strongly raise" with the international community the disasters that Nepal has experienced as a result of climate change.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
A similar scenario played out in 2025 when the UK experienced a summer of record-breaking heat followed by storms and floods in the autumn.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
But after the heartbreak she’s experienced, Sally’s had enough.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Still others have argued that collectors are “damaged personalities who have been driven to collect in attempts to repair traumas experienced in early infancy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
We knew it, we experienced it minute by minute—poor, hated, hungry.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
They also are experiencing sticker shock when it comes to the cost of caring for those furry family members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
People experiencing more complicated gastrointestinal symptoms could also benefit from support from a dietitian or gastroenterologist.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
He claims to be passionate and wants to grow, but he doesn’t do the due diligence of experiencing art or design outside of the job.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Project Hope Alliance, a private nonprofit that partners with schools to bring resources to students experiencing homelessness, is one key partnership.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
As much as I valued education and was experiencing the benefits of mine, I didn’t want my girls’ lives to be endangered.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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