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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
sensation
/sɛnˈseɪʃən/
noun
a feeling that is experienced by the body, usually through the sense of touch
- “Cold is not a physical quantity, but rather a sensation.”Tatoeba
- “His first novel caused a sensation all over the world.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)