Experience or experiment?
We use experience as a verb when something happens to us, or we feel it. It is rather formal: …

Examples of experiencing

experiencing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Thus, individuals experiencing low strain are hypothesized to have a lower than average risk of illness and psychological disturbance.
She therefore speculated that these students were not experiencing sufficient levels of anxiety to inhibit their performance.
A heavy-duty mobile manipulator while carrying a load, experiencing a force, or operating on uneven terrain needs to maintain its balance.
Of particular interest from the compositional standpoint is that the audience member can view and explore explanatory information prior to experiencing the work.
The acceptance that they are experiencing one another's inhabitation or transient presence in a space, creates a bond between residents.
Eight of the subjects had reported experiencing the death of a first-degree relative, and in two of these cases the member reportedly received hospice services.
There were no differences between the four groups for experiencing a non-severe event, although depressed probands also experienced more difficulties than the other three groups.
If the child was experiencing such problems, assessments were delayed for one week or until the child's condition improved.
These relationships were found in a relatively stable and high functioning out-patient sample that was experiencing only mild symptoms at the time of assessment.
In the simulations reported below, individuals consist of 7 chromosomes, each experiencing an average of 1 recombination event per chromosome.
Most of the developing countries were experiencing deep economic problems such as slow growth, economic stagnation, and high inflation.
Effect sizes were largest for samples of youth experiencing both individual and environmental risk factors or environmental risk factors alone.
A person experiencing pain sends signals to those in the vicinity, who are thus moved to help him or her.
On the downside, firms experiencing safety problems with one of their own brand products cannot externalize the costs involved to the entire food market.
The least common point of value conflict occurs between egalitarianism and traditional moral values, with 24 per cent experiencing some clash of views.
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