unpleasant experience
Example Sentences
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“It’s such an unpleasant experience to fly now,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
In contextual memory tests, rats with normal memory freeze when they re-enter a room in which they had an unpleasant experience.
From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2024
The council said urinating in the layby created "an unpleasant experience for drivers wishing to stop for a rest, to care for children or for emergencies - the purpose for which the laybys are intended".
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2024
Even if you had an unpleasant experience with someone, another person might know about what’s going on in their life that can help change your perspective on the event.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2023
I do not want to remind you of an unpleasant experience, but your sponge bag—remember.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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