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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

  • (..) were critically injured, but many of the wounded were also keen to share their stories. and next thing I know, is a loud, um, large flash of light. Uh, I felt a burning sensation on my hands, put my hands up to my face... Yeah, I can't recall anything prior to that anymore. Any noise, any bang... (..)
    2012 Zero Dark Thirty