Experiences

Examples

• The real reason lay in the reluctance which Mr. Holmes has shown to the continued publication of his experiences. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• They reveal a depth and range of meaning in experiences which otherwise might be mediocre and trivial. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• As experiences they have both an artistic and an esthetic quality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• One of these workers, relating the strenuous experiences of these few years, says: It was hard work and long hours, but still there were some things that made life pleasant. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But since I have had experiences which demonstrate that drunkenness is the same in my country. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• In the autumn, new trials and experiences came to Meg. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The things which are socially most fundamental, that is, which have to do with the experiences in which the widest groups share, are the essentials. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• There is sometimes an odd disposition in this country to dispute as improbable in fiction, what are the commonest experiences in fact. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Kantos Kan would not talk of our experiences among the therns and the First Born. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• As Gautama's own experiences had shown, it is easier to flee from this world than from self. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This led to the view that knowledge is won wholly through personal and private experiences. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It is simply that the reality of a revolution is not in a political decree or the scarehead of a newspaper, but in the experiences, feelings, habits of myriads of men. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Every such continuous experience or activity is educative, and all education resides in having such experiences. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Appreciative realizations are to be distinguished from symbolic or representative experiences. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and though I can't explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I should wish nothing better than to have some more of such experiences. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• We must let Edison tell the story of some of his experiences: At the Universal Exposition at Paris, in 1889, I made a personal exhibit covering about an acre. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• To whom my sister, more for the relief of her own mind than for the gratification of his, related my pretended experiences. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It is much easier to swamp a pupil with this than to work it into his direct experiences. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• My experiences of Florence were chiefly unpleasant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• VOLUME II CHAPTER XIX Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions Continued Tom, you needn't get me the horses. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• There must be a large variety of shared undertakings and experiences. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Plato may describe the objects which man rejoices over, he may guide them to good experiences, but each man in his inward life is a last judgment on all his values. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Thus our ordinary daily experiences cease to be things of the moment and gain enduring substance. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He and Esmeralda are exchanging religious experiences on the back porch now. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• To formulate the significance of an experience a man must take into conscious account the experiences of others. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• As the shining stars were to the heavy candle in the window, so was Rachael, in the rugged fancy of this man, to the common experiences of his life. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• All the way up he has had discouraging experiences. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• My late experiences with Mr. and Mrs. Micawber suggested to me that here might be a means of keeping off the wolf for a little while. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

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