How to Use sensation in a Sentence

sensation

noun
  • She felt a burning sensation in her throat.
  • She had the strange sensation that someone was watching her.
  • Her injury left her with no sensation in her legs.
  • I couldn't quite shake the sensation that I'd been fooled.
  • I experienced a stinging sensation in my arm.
  • She craved new experiences and sensations.
  • Open the door, and for a moment the sensation is nearly the same.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
  • That sport is about to be the next global sensation for the Olympics.
    — Joseph Goodman, al, 16 July 2022
  • But then the game changed in the blink of an eye, thanks to teenage sensation Yamal.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 9 July 2024
  • How does the death of a cop in a small town become a true-crime sensation?
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The Duffers have had a little time to get used to the sensation.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022
  • One of them posted the link to his blog, and Ryang was an overnight sensation.
    — WIRED, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Check out some of the clips that have made the tween a social media sensation.
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
  • His thirst for the sensation of being alive survived the worst.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 20 May 2022
  • Your usual walk around the block will not cause this painful sensation.
    — Lauren Del Turco, Health, 20 Nov. 2023
  • His spring show of 1958 was a sensation, introducing the trapeze dress to the world.
    — Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2024
  • The film — which told the tale of clown fish Marlin trying to find his son Nemo — was a sensation with both kids and adults.
    — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 16 June 2022
  • Leaving this in the fridge is the gift that keeps on giving as the cool sensation feels amazing on skin.
    — Jaimie Potters, Men's Health, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Teigen: The thing that gets to me is TikTok viral food sensations.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
  • But the news does show that the game may be more than just a flash in the pan viral sensation as sales continue to grow.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The sensation was similar to the feeling of a hot cup of coffee being held against the skin.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The game launched later that year and soon became a sensation.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2022
  • There was across the slate-gray water a sensation of great silence and now somehow of peace.
    — Kevin Barry, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The John Doe becomes a sensation, as the whole city wants to offer him a job and prevent him from jumping.
    — James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
  • There can be great emotion in this sensation, even arousal.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The brand launched with three products—a lip oil, skin tint, and clear highlighter balm—but the lip oil became an overnight sensation.
    — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The sensation Murnane seeks is not to be found in the words but in the images released by the act of recalling when the words were written.
    — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022
  • The sensation was like the drubbing that Sichuan peppercorns give your tongue.
    — Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The routine rescue has turned into an internet sensation, sparking laughter in the comments.
    — Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
  • To one pursuing the even tenor of his usual routine, the chewing of coca gives no especial sensation, in fact the only result seems to be a negative one, an absence of the customary desire for food and sleep.
    — Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025

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