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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The BBC asked you for your tips on making mealtimes a more enjoyable experience.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
And because Nolan is a filmmaking purist and one of Hollywood’s most high-profile champions of the theatrical experience, his “Odyssey” also needed to deliver on behalf of cinema itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Chapter One gatherings quickly taught me how the long lulls broken up by spurts of passion that I once found a drag were actually as stirring as a religious experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
“They also understand mortality and are clearheaded about their diagnosis. Many have experience with death and dying” after watching a loved one decline.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
“I feel like this whole thing was a once-in-a.lifetime thing. I don’t know that we’ll ever experience anything like this again. And I’m happy about that.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
“In addition, the physical nature of these experiences should be insulated from AI disruption relative to other services offerings.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Hansen wants a local wellbeing hub to include a safe space for sharing experiences as well as a fitness centre.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
His films are designed to be all-consuming experiences, opening in media res, grabbing the viewer by the ankle and dragging them into action already in progress.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Their conversation explores how Trump makes decisions, how his government is structured, and the fundamentally different way he experiences his second term compared to his first.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026
“And your father and I have raised wonderful children. I feel fulfilled, lucky to be able to have the experiences I’ve had.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
She also experienced other family members cutting her off in anger over her estrangement with her mom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
SpaceX, the company, has experienced setbacks lately, as well.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
By combining the two simulations, the researchers estimated the total stress experienced by the femur of each species.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
"The harm I have suffered and the feelings I have experienced cannot be defined by that figure alone," Mui said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
‘I’m telling you so that you’ll understand. He was a strong, experienced hunter who knew the mountains -and still the ice river killed him. What hope -what chance -do you think we’d have?’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
After experiencing the loss of three friends in auto accidents, Assemblymember Tina McKinnor decided she needed to take action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
People in "Port Devine" - with its multi-coloured houses, a lighthouse and spectacular coastal views - have been experiencing the effects for five years now.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
"It's about... compassion and empathy and trying our best to understand without judgement what our patients are experiencing," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
A widely available antidepressant may provide meaningful relief for people experiencing persistent fatigue from long COVID, according to a global clinical trial co-led by McMaster University.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 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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