He recounted for Jim his disillusioning experiences: "My Germans thinned beets two years, then bought their own farm.

Scenes of his early training as a teenager are depicted, including failed attempts at college, and a disillusioning experience in working with the FBI upon turning 20.

(His disillusioning experiences were fictionalized in his "Sword of Honor" trilogy, among the greatest novelistic treatments of the war in English.)

For the woman seeking to be removed from the jury, service in the Simpson case has apparently proven a disillusioning experience.

Goodman was a semi-autobiographical character, reflecting Kurtzman's disillusioning experiences in the publishing industry.

A period of study in the United States was also a disillusioning experience.

Brian Pardo's involvement in the David Spence case has been a disillusioning experience.

The revolutionaries' reaction to this disillusioning experience was revealing.

His abrogated tenure in the Bush administration was clearly a disillusioning experience for Mr. O'Neill.

In my experience, perfect compromises are unusual animals, and I fear that the hon. Gentleman is in for a disillusioning experience if the tax is ever brought into practice.