The phrase "had a direct experience" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a personal encounter or involvement in an event or situation.
Example: "After traveling to the remote village, I had a direct experience of their unique culture and traditions."
Alternatives: "had firsthand experience" or "experienced it directly."
"You're not listening to the fact that this person is hurt, you're listening to the fact that they've had a direct experience [of a disease related to a charity] and they're going to give me money, and if they don't give me money, I'm going to get fired.
Even many otherwise religious people feel that they've never had a "direct" experience of God.
The majority 91% (n = 185) had the impression that legal claims against doctors are increasing and 14% (n = 29) had a direct experience of litigation.
Fourteen percent of all respondents and one in three consultants had a direct experience of litigation, this include any form of court process even if the doctor did not attend the court by him or herself.
Mysticism any movement in which people believe they are having a direct experience of the divine undermines the authority of religious leaders.
As Alice exceeds the frame of reference, she has a direct experience of the unsymbolized trauma that the phallus attempts to displace in the erection of its privilege.
Since then, open season has prevailed: As Alice exceeds the frame of reference, she has a direct experience of the unsymbolized trauma that the phallus attempts to displace in the erection of its privilege.
Nobody has a direct experience of the past; therefore, what happened in the past can only be interpreted.
These students now have a direct experience of Duke and a connection to Duke, perhaps for the first time.
"UPS is a business-to-business marketer that makes the list because consumers have a direct experience with the company and they know what it does," says Anthony Johndrow, managing director of Reputation Institute.
Even when one's goal is to achieve nirvana by having a direct experience of a still and peaceful awareness that is not conceptual and therefore beyond the range of language, one can arrive at that goal by learning to think carefully and clearly.
