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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

  • (..) What new statute? The new statute I carried in Council. No one mentioned it. Really? Oh. Here, it caused quite a sensation. Princess Betsy. Cousin. I didn't know you were an art lover. I'm prepared to be one. Countess Lydia tells me (..)
    2012 Anna Karenina