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

  • (..) from The King's shadow. But the last thing he expected was... Lightning McQueen! You know, I don't think anybody expected this. The rookie sensation came into the season unknown. But everyone knows him now. Will he be the first rookie to win a Piston Cup and land Dinoco? The legend, the runner-up, (..)
    2006 Cars