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

It's just a brutally unpleasant experience that's become normalized.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2023

"I can't say I'm glad, because it's been an unpleasant experience, but I hope we can have discussions that lead to protecting people in the future."

From BBC • Sep. 19, 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