sensation

Definition

  • noun: a particular feeling or effect that your body experiences
  • noun: a mental process (as seeing, hearing, or smelling) resulting from the immediate external stimulation of a 'sense' organ often as distinguished from a conscious awareness of the 'sensory' process
  • usually singular

Examples

  • The rave reviews turned the book into a nationwide 'sensation' overnight.

  • News of the corporate merger caused a 'sensation' on the stock market.

  • I experienced a stinging/prickling/tingling 'sensation' in my arm.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) The American public is divided on the Dreyfuss act. Our polls at Novakelement.com are tight. % to %. There is no doubt Omnicorp created a sensation, But this bill is not about Alex Murphy. It's about weather America's willing to give robots the authority over human lives. (..)
    2014 RoboCop
  • (..) I know I'm dreaming, because I can feel all of this. Alex, Amputees can often feel their missing appendages. It's called Phantom Limb sensation. What do you mean amputee? What the hell did you do to me? Alex you need to relax. Take this off of me now. Alex you need to relax (..)
    2014 RoboCop