How to Use experience in a Sentence

experience

1 of 2 noun
  • The best way to learn is by experience.
  • She gained a lot of experience at that job.
  • He wrote about his experiences as a pilot.
  • I know that from personal experience.
  • We need someone with experience.
  • That experience is one I'd rather forget!
  • She has five years' experience as a computer programmer.
  • She had a frightening experience.
  • The experience should be your own—no touristy places or crowds.
    — Kathryn Miles, Outside Online, 4 June 2019
  • But as the ocean waves, your experience of life will ebb and flow, too.
    — Meghan Ros, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2021
  • We are asked to share our ‘lived experience,’ and to what end?
    — Grace Byron, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Can't wait to share this experience with the world.
    — Angel Saunders, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • And your goals might evolve as you age, as has been the experience of my wife and me.
    — Steve Vernon, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Some of us are newbies and some of us have years of experience.
    — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2019
  • And it’s based on my own experience.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
  • That was my first experience with being open to love and stuff like that.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The summer is big to help these young guys get this experience.
    — Steve Millar, Daily Southtown, 2 July 2018
  • So this is a big moment, a good experience to have.
    — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • My experience is that these girls are hard workers with big dreams.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Now with some experience, that trio leads the way for a promising trio of backs.
    — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Oct. 2020
  • His wife works as a banker, and he gets paid for speaking events about his experience.
    — Anna Clark, ProPublica, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Until then, most of her experience was at third base.
    — Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • It's been great to get work experience that isn't just around football.
    — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 18 July 2019
  • That might sound like good fortune, but in my experience, there’s no such thing as luck.
    — Mrussell, oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Bates-Diop at least had some experience with the small-ball role, which helped.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Louisville's mix of experience and growth should lead to more creative blitzes.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 25 Aug. 2021
  • These experiences are good for him.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Beringer is changed by the experience.
    — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Read about my full experience here.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Seeing the same show a few days in a row is a strange experience for me as a music fan.
    — Longreads, 13 July 2018

experience

2 of 2 verb
  • The patient has been experiencing pain in her left shoulder.
  • That was one of the worst days I've ever experienced.
  • What has changed is how it is experienced.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • This is what a cook experienced in April of last year.
    — Cnn, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
  • There is no one who wants to experience the world more than Levy.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Tiger Woods is among those who won't be around to experience it.
    — Doug Ferguson, Houston Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Tiger Woods is among those who won’t be around to experience it.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Singer agrees the best way to learn about autism is from people who experience it.
    — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 12 May 2022
  • Ford experienced a number of health scares from a young age.
    — Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Granted, some of you were too young to experience the farce.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Tamer and more of an old-school dark ride, younger children are able to experience it.
    — Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Some people experience light bruising around the area for a week or two as well.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Now that’s a round few other golfers have experienced.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026
  • People will experience pain in front of the knee or behind the kneecap.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado may 13, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2026
  • Turner is experienced, and a change could be helpful just for the sake of change.
    — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • On the ground, those in the path experience them as fearsome torrents of wind and rain.
    — David Grinspoon, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Google is not the first tech giant to experience issues with news alerts.
    — Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Campers from all around the world continue to flock to the site to experience it in its full force.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 23 Jan. 2022
  • This is not the first time the cast has experienced tension and drama.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Black men experience higher rates of high blood pressure than white men do.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2022
  • Three days on board was not nearly enough time to experience all that’s on offer.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Most of us have never experienced anything like this in our lives.
    — John Archibald | [email protected], al, 14 Mar. 2020
  • Yet the report found most older adults will experience such a shock.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
  • One cook who said he was experienced promptly cut his thumb open on a meat slicer during his first shift.
    — Eddie Huang, Curbed, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Many who experienced the quake were unsure, at least at first, of what happened.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Both stars experienced ups and downs in their love lives before meeting.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Kuhlman said that Phoenix will experience more rain early next week.
    — Ayano Nagaishi, azcentral, 21 Nov. 2019
  • But Earth doesn't experience this decline as a calm fade-out.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Patients might experience two to five days of barely there swelling.
    — Baze Mpinja, Allure, 20 Mar. 2023
  • After all, those of us who fret over our too muchness tend to experience it as a paradox.
    — Rachelvoronacote, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020

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