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