sensation
/sɛnˈseɪʃən/ noun B1- A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
- Excitation of sensory organs. · Coordinate term: perception
- A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.
- A remarkable person. · You truly are a sensation.
Plural sensations
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Just at this moment Alice felt a very curious sensation, which puzzled her a good deal until she made out what it was: she was beginning to grow larger again, and she thought at first she would get up and leave the court; but on second thoughts she decided to remain where she was as long as there was room for her.
It would certainly make a sensation second to none, and Mrs.
Rachel dearly loved to make a sensation.
She hastened to restore her sensations to their normal calm by inculcating a moral.
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