Sensational Definition

sĕn-sāshə-nəl
adjective
Of the senses or sensation.
Webster's New World
Arousing intense interest and excitement; startling; exciting.
Webster's New World
Using or having effects intended to startle, shock, thrill, etc.
Webster's New World
Outstanding; spectacular.
A sensational concert; a sensational dinner.
American Heritage
Exceptionally good, fine, etc.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Sensational

Sensational Sentence Examples

  • I make the predictions in this book not to be sensational or controversial.

  • Of discoveries superficially sensational there are few or none to record, and the weight of his work is for the most part to be appreciated only by professed physicists.

  • His proposals undoubtedly roused an extraordinary enthusiasm, and though he almost completely failed to win to his cause the classes, he rallied the masses with sensational success.

  • He was at home in Voltaire and Rousseau, but had little or no acquaintance with the French sensational philosophy.

  • True to our verbal blackout, nothing specific was said but the tone of her conversation hinted at sensational news.

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Words Starting With

SSESEN

Words Ending With

LALNAL

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Words Starting With S and Ending With L

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With S11 Letter Words Ending With L