sensationsen‧sa‧tion /senˈseɪʃən/ ●●○ noun 
One sign of a heart attack is a tingling sensation in the left arm.sensation of a sensation of heat2[countable] a feeling that is difficult to describe, caused by a particular event, experience, or memorysensation that Caroline had the sensation that she was being watched.strange/curious/odd sensation It was a strange sensation – I felt I’d been there before.3[uncountable] the ability to feel things, especially through your sense of touch: Jerry realized that he had no sensation in his legs.4[countable usually singular] extreme excitement or interest, or someone or something that causes thiscause/create a sensation The sex scenes in the film caused a sensation.pop/fashion/media etc sensation the latest pop sensation from EnglandCOLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2adjectivespleasant· She was enjoying the pleasant sensation of being in the warm water.unpleasant· I felt a rather unpleasant sensation in my chest.strange/odd· As we looked at each other I had a strange sensation.a physical sensation· Babies soon learn to recognize the physical sensation of hunger.a burning sensation· These chemicals can cause a burning sensation or rash.a prickling sensation (=a feeling that your skin is stinging)· He felt a prickling sensation on the back of his neck.a tingling sensation (=a feeling that your skin is stinging slightly)· She felt a tingling sensation, like a mild electric shock.a choking sensation (=a feeling that you cannot breathe)· A choking sensation filled my throat.verbsfeel/have/experience a sensation· He felt a tingling sensation down his left side.cause/produce a sensation· The drug can produce strange sensations in some patients.
WORD ORIGINsensation
Origin:
1600-1700 Medieval Latin sensatio, from Late Latin sensatus ‘having sense’, from Latin sensus; ➔ SENSE1EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A cold sensation suddenly ran down my spine.
- A common sign of brain tumours is a tingly, numb sensation in the toes and fingertips.
- She felt a cold sensation as the icy water dripped down her back.
- The drug helps to improve muscle function and sensation after an accident.
- The fear of pain can be worse than the sensation of pain.
- An involuntary action is set up which causes him to withdraw his hand even before he experiences any sensation of pain.
- Eventually, when the pitch is low and the voice is forward, you will feel the tingling sensation on your lips.
- It really was a rather pleasant sensation.
- She was not in the least embarrassed and felt something of an opposite sensation, which had no name.
- The sensation is a thrilling one, and I enjoy it immensely.
- The real sensation came, however, during the fourth number.
- They were a sensation, a stirring, something she could not have sworn came from outside herself.
- This is the heady sensation that most travelers relish, the freedom that comes from feeling unaccounted for and unaccountable.
Longman Language Activatora physical feeling of heat, cold, tiredness, hunger etc
a physical feeling of heat, cold, tiredness etc: · When he woke up, he was aware of a tight feeling in his chest.feeling of: · One symptom of this illness is a general feeling of ill-health and tiredness.
a physical feeling, especially one that is unclear or difficult to describe: · She felt a cold sensation as the icy water dripped down her back.· A common sign of brain tumours is a tingly, numb sensation in the toes and fingertips.sensation of: · The fear of pain can be worse than the sensation of pain.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meanings 1 & 2adjectives tactile sensations Graham felt a tingling sensation in his hand.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1[countable, uncountable] a feeling that you get from one of your five senses, especially the sense of touchburning/prickling/tingling etc sensation· She was enjoying the pleasant sensation of being in the warm water.
· I felt a rather unpleasant sensation in my chest.
· As we looked at each other I had a strange sensation.
· Babies soon learn to recognize the physical sensation of hunger.
· These chemicals can cause a burning sensation or rash.
(=a feeling that your skin is stinging)· He felt a prickling sensation on the back of his neck.
(=a feeling that your skin is stinging slightly)· She felt a tingling sensation, like a mild electric shock.
(=a feeling that you cannot breathe)· A choking sensation filled my throat.
verbs· He felt a tingling sensation down his left side.
· The drug can produce strange sensations in some patients.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES tactile sensations Graham felt a tingling sensation in his hand.· We are justified in using it for a quality of material things only if the quality is like the bodily sensation.· I shall now try to make explicit these other lines of thought about the location of bodily sensations.
· But the thick, hardened layers of dead skin sometimes press on the nerve, causing a burning sensation when you walk.· If there is any pain or a burning sensation, tell the doctor, just in case you have a urinary infection.· There was a burning sensation somewhere near the pit of his stomach.· When it started again there was a new pain a sharp burning sensation in her crotch.· She winced painfully as a burning sensation spread across her cheek, and jerked her hand away from her face.
· Helen now had a curious pricking sensation up and down her spine.· Later I experienced a curious burning sensation during micturition.· Once again Sabine had the curious sensation that time had stopped and run back.· You may feel a curious pulling-away sensation or friction.
· Natural foodstuffs contain a range of flavours that create a subtly different sensation.· We need to look at how a child reacts to and processes different sensations and motor patterns.· It's a different sensation in your muscles than just hard weight.
· Stepping off the concrete path on to gravel was a new sensation and he felt himself slide and stumble.· Not new sensations but rather so-called discoveries.· This use of new spatial sensations was to become an increasingly important feature of Braque's work.· It was a new sensation for her.· It is probably true to say that these new sensations were at first quite undetected, as such, by himself.· Sunday morning brings to this trip a new sensation: Melancholy.· She felt an odd, new sensation.· The solipsist admits no community to ground his belief that it is objectively true that this new sensation is a pain.
· At first there is the odd sensation of panic, the feel of coming to an alien city.· Sam Fong experienced an odd sensation on seeing some one he had always thought to be his enemy.· Yet when he lowered his arm Meredith had the odd sensation that she'd lost.· She felt an odd, new sensation.· So it produces an odd sensation to learn, again from Anna, that this superstition was in fact Dostoevsky's.
· Admirable stirring stuff but, as overnight sensations always discover, the dawn has a cruel and wicked light.· Alomar is 31, a little old to be an overnight sensation.· Hiney reminds us that Philip Marlowe was anything but an overnight sensation.· How did the Metropolitan Grill became an unmitigated overnight sensation?· Snapple became an overnight sensation among health buffs in the Northeast and on the West Coast.
· It offers a character great combat skill in return for being able to share the physical and mental sensations of combat.· Because when you attach the physical sensations to the visualization, it has more impact.· It is true that many of these creatures are aware of ordinary physical sensations beyond our human thresholds.· Lydecker says she can tune in to animals' mental images and feel their emotional and physical sensations.· The important thing to remember is to have implicit faith in the instrument indications, ignoring any contrary physical sensations.· You both lose awareness of self-consciousness, of anything but the current overwhelming physical and emotional sensations.· But I possessed that night an almost total recall of physical sensations.
· It really was a rather pleasant sensation.· The electrical chair produced a pleasant tingly sensation.· Sanity was very quickly returning to her, and it wasn't a pleasant sensation.
· In this study we classified rectal sensations elicited by isobaric distensions according to the segmental steady state values obtained.· Previous results have shown a higher threshold of rectal sensation in men than in women.
· It was a strange sensation to have them on - more intimate than sleeping with his widow.· The strangest sensation of all was the motion of the room.· In spite of her sore butt and the strange sensation between her legs, she wasn't unduly stressed.· I feel a little curl of strange sensation working its way down from the bottom of my spine.· And all at once a strange sensation came over him.· He was aware of strange thoughts and sensations swimming through his mind, but he could not cope with the pain.· She was gripped by something else, a truly strange sensation.· It is a strange sensation, but many sense it from time to time: a consuming desire to part with money.
· The disobedient youth has been injected with an experimental drug, though of course his tactile sensations aren't blunted.· My comment that I enjoy the tactile sensation of playing with the dough met with a supercilious, adult-type snicker.
· She felt him draw her closer up against his body - and suddenly a tingling sensation started somewhere inside her.· Eventually, when the pitch is low and the voice is forward, you will feel the tingling sensation on your lips.· He explains how he felt a tingling sensation down his left-hand side but did not immediately call for help.· Graham immediately felt a tingling sensation in his hand which quickly spread up his arm and into his chest.· The lingering tingling sensations caused by the whip glowed all over her body.
· From the start Bergman's narrative was for me an assemblage of visual and sound sensations.
NOUN· This true-life horror story coming out of Los Angeles a few years back became an instant media sensation.
VERB· Overnight, she became a sensation.· How did the Metropolitan Grill became an unmitigated overnight sensation?· Snapple became an overnight sensation among health buffs in the Northeast and on the West Coast.· This true-life horror story coming out of Los Angeles a few years back became an instant media sensation.
· Later I experienced a curious burning sensation during micturition.· When this happens the esophagus becomes irritated and inflamed, causing a burning sensation that has the potential to awaken a sleeper.
· This is a show that would cause a sensation in London or New York.· This caused a sensation in Western countries where the threat of serious infectious disease had come to be considered remote.· But the thick, hardened layers of dead skin sometimes press on the nerve, causing a burning sensation when you walk.· When this happens the esophagus becomes irritated and inflamed, causing a burning sensation that has the potential to awaken a sleeper.· The see-through trouser suit she had designed herself had caused a sensation at Rachel Ansorge's party.· The advantage of this approach is that pain relief may be obtained without causing disturbance of sensation over the face and cornea.· It also, vitally, causes the moment of sensation to be prolonged.· Many neurologic disorders affecting the brain stem, cerebellum, and spinal cord posterior column may cause dizzy sensations.
· He no longer expects to win major tournaments but he settles for creating a noisy sensation in going as far as he can go.· For some people this creates an overload of sensation that is too much to bear.· This Fireside Listening tape uses words to create the sensation of skiing.· In I 779 he created a sensation with a pocket chronometer, called No. 36.· Natural foodstuffs contain a range of flavours that create a subtly different sensation.
· Ask yourself how it makes you feel, what memories it arouses within you and whether you enjoy the sensation.· My comment that I enjoy the tactile sensation of playing with the dough met with a supercilious, adult-type snicker.· But only drink it if you enjoy the taste and sensation.· I enjoy the sensation of eating.· I felt ashamed because I was enjoying this sensation.· I drank some of my beer, enjoying the sensation of bubbles on my tongue after the stickiness of the peanuts.· She concentrated on enjoying the sensation of air entering and leaving her lungs.
· A year ago I experienced a sensation of flashing lights and couldn't see for about 20 minutes.· Later I experienced a curious burning sensation during micturition.· Because I was experiencing shooting sensations around my hips, the doctor was convinced I had a back problem.· An involuntary action is set up which causes him to withdraw his hand even before he experiences any sensation of pain.· Never had Theda experienced such a sensation.· Sam Fong experienced an odd sensation on seeing some one he had always thought to be his enemy.· We went down into the station shelter and I experienced the familiar claustrophobic sensation of waiting for something to happen.· Be sure to hear the sounds, smell the smells, experience the sensations.
· She felt a giddy sensation of ground shifting under her feet.· It was a perverse jealousy I felt, envying him sensations no one should have to suffer.· I also think you can feel such sensations in places where great acts of religious worship have taken place.· If the individual can not feel the tiny pricking sensation, it is a sign of faulty nerve function in the feet.· Her cream shoes were far from waterproof, and already she could feel an unpleasant sensation around her toes.· Your mind and body feel great sensations and it happens so quickly.· Eventually, when the pitch is low and the voice is forward, you will feel the tingling sensation on your lips.· He explains how he felt a tingling sensation down his left-hand side but did not immediately call for help.
· He strove with words as he strove with brush, pen, or etching needle to give the public equal sensations.· The texture of Les Majeurs is so light and natural that it gives a sensation of comfort and a sensational finish.· Claudia closed her eyes and gave herself up to sheer sensation.· To visit Venice gives the sensation of viewing an ancient and famous movie, with each bit player a star name.
· They are not there apart from an observer, they are rather the tendency of objects to produce certain sensations in one.· The electrical chair produced a pleasant tingly sensation.· So it produces an odd sensation to learn, again from Anna, that this superstition was in fact Dostoevsky's.
· Suspense in fiction, that tingling sensation that makes us keep turning the pages, seems to arise in two ways.· The next few days I felt a curious tingling, itching sensation on my face.
One sign of a heart attack is a tingling sensation in the left arm.sensation of a sensation of heat2[countable] a feeling that is difficult to describe, caused by a particular event, experience, or memorysensation that Caroline had the sensation that she was being watched.strange/curious/odd sensation It was a strange sensation – I felt I’d been there before.3[uncountable] the ability to feel things, especially through your sense of touch: Jerry realized that he had no sensation in his legs.4[countable usually singular] extreme excitement or interest, or someone or something that causes thiscause/create a sensation The sex scenes in the film caused a sensation.pop/fashion/media etc sensation the latest pop sensation from EnglandCOLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2adjectivespleasant· She was enjoying the pleasant sensation of being in the warm water.unpleasant· I felt a rather unpleasant sensation in my chest.strange/odd· As we looked at each other I had a strange sensation.a physical sensation· Babies soon learn to recognize the physical sensation of hunger.a burning sensation· These chemicals can cause a burning sensation or rash.a prickling sensation (=a feeling that your skin is stinging)· He felt a prickling sensation on the back of his neck.a tingling sensation (=a feeling that your skin is stinging slightly)· She felt a tingling sensation, like a mild electric shock.a choking sensation (=a feeling that you cannot breathe)· A choking sensation filled my throat.verbsfeel/have/experience a sensation· He felt a tingling sensation down his left side.cause/produce a sensation· The drug can produce strange sensations in some patients.