experienced

adjective

ex·pe·ri·enced | \ik-ˈspir-ē-ən(t)st

Definition of experienced

: made skillful or wise through experience : practiced an experienced driver

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Examples of experienced in a Sentence

The job calls for someone who is more experienced. for this delicate eye operation, seek out an experienced eye surgeon

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Others joined out of a deep-rooted desire to win against more experienced family members. — Zahria Rogers, The Courier-Journal, "West Louisville Chess Club not dwelling on controversial Bevin remarks," 13 July 2018 Typically, people who are a little more experienced in their career. — Recode Staff, Recode, "Full transcript: Matt Cutts of the U.S. Digital Service on Recode Decode," 12 July 2018 One of Acevedo’s key moves was overhauling the internal-investigations unit, replacing detectives with more experienced sergeants. — Steve Miletich, The Seattle Times, "‘He’s just a doer’: Meet Seattle police-chief candidate Ely Reyes," 9 July 2018 After a surprising duo of resounding victories, the host nation succumbed 3-0 to the more experienced Uruguay in the 90 degree heat in this city by the Volga River. — Anatoly Kurmanaev, WSJ, "Russia’s World Cup Team Gets a Reality Check," 25 June 2018 And some other nesters have their young adopted by more experienced pairs. — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Smith: Canada geese grouping up before molt migration," 9 June 2018 For instance, several districts have raised their starting salaries and plan to give bigger increases to more experienced educators who went without pay raises for several years. — Ricardo Cano, azcentral, "Pay raises for teachers, staff vary across Arizona school districts after #RedForEd," 3 June 2018 The day of the case, in the press gallery, a journalist near me kept whispering questions to a more experienced reporter on his left. — Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Daily Intelligencer, "How Neil Gorsuch Became the Second-Most-Polarizing Man in Washington," 28 May 2018 The Americans made their vigor, youth and resilience count against the more experienced but battle-weary Germans, who were approaching their fifth year of fighting. — Raf Casert, Fox News, "World War I battle of Bellau Wood was a turning point for US," 26 May 2018

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