noun
1 feeling
ADJECTIVE
▪ bodily , physical , tactile
▪ delicious , pleasant , pleasurable , wonderful
▪ painful , unpleasant
▪ intense , overwhelming , strong
▪ curious ( esp. BrE ), eerie , odd , peculiar , strange , weird
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I had a strange ~ in my leg.
▪ familiar
▪ burning , choking , prickling , stinging , tingling
▪ cold
▪ hot , warm
▪ sinking
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She felt a sinking ~ in the pit of her stomach.
▪ pain , taste
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For a special taste ~, try our gourmet coffee.
VERB + SENSATION
▪ experience , feel , have
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He felt a tingling ~ down his side.
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I had the eerie ~ that I was not alone.
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She had no ~ in her hands.
▪ lose
▪ produce
▪ enjoy
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Most people enjoy the ~ of eating.
▪ describe
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Rossi described the ~ of plunging downhill at 130 mph.
SENSATION + VERB
▪ come back
▪ come over sb , fill sth , spread
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A strange ~ came over her.
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A warm tingling ~ spread to her fingers.
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A wonderful ~ filled his body.
▪ overwhelm
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He was overwhelmed by a ~ of fear.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
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Lisa felt a burning ~ in her eyes.
▪ ~ of
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the ~ of sand between your toes
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the ~ of being watched
2 great excitement, etc.; person that causes this
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ overnight
▪ international
▪ literary , media , pop ( esp. BrE ), singing , tennis , etc.
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The series became a media ~ in the early 1950s.
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The young singer is hoping to become America's newest media ~.
▪ rookie ( AmE ), teen , teenage ( esp. BrE )
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Golf's latest teen ~ is 14-year-old Michael Woo.
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Teenage boxing ~ Amir Khan returned to Britain a hero.
VERB + SENSATION
▪ cause , create
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The movie caused a ~ among critics.
▪ become