lived experience

Example Sentences

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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

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

"I was not observing from a distance. I was inside the situation, feeling the same hunger, fear, and emotional weight. The image came from that direct and lived experience."

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

"I think those of us who use the NHS, the lived experience is one of disconnected, fragmented systems, explaining who you are to a different person on every ward, at the front desk," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 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