Experiencing
[ɪk'spɪrɪəns]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exrerience
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Examples
- IF YOU WOULD FORGIVE YOUR ENEMY, says the Malay proverb, FIRST INFLICT A HURT ON HIM; and Lily was experiencing the truth of the apothegm. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I was experiencing an ordeal: a hand of fiery iron grasped my vitals. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The pleasure was mutual; for who could ever gaze on Mr. Pickwick's beaming face without experiencing the sensation? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Such reflection upon experience gives rise to a distinction of what we experience (the experienced) and the experiencing--the how. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I was experiencing the masculine difficulty of making love very long standing up. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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