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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Walberg cited reports of Jewish people “experiencing hostility and fear” and said the schools had not “meaningfully responded.”
From Los Angeles Times
The truth is Michael’s restaurant was a 5-star experience in Nobles County, Minn., and when the restaurant burned down, wherever Larry went, the rings went with him, and the masses found him.
From Salon
"It is really us experiencing those emotions so there's an added layer of grit and authenticity," he said.
From BBC
Beth Galetti, a senior vice president of people experience and technology at Amazon, wrote in a note to staff Wednesday that Amazon’s cuts were aimed at trimming management layers and removing bureaucracy.
Paramedics arrived at the scene to treat the man, who was experiencing difficulty breathing, though he remained conscious, police said.
From Los Angeles Times
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