adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sensational/spectacular climax
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The match was a sensational climax to the season.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
most
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We take a look at some of the most sensational sweaters around.
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In history they will be seen as trapped, important and the most sensational and magnificent rock'n'roll failure ever.
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These pictures were the most sensational evidence when her second husband, the Duke of Argyll, sued for divorce.
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The first occasion, in 1967, was the most sensational .
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In 1609 came the most sensational discovery of his life.
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She is the the most sensational woman I have ever seen, he thought.
■ NOUN
case
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These are the most unusual and sensational cases .
story
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A string of sensational stories has made them deeply unpopular.
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Every once in a while the press comes out with sensational stories about Sisters who leave.
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The newspapers in Glasgow didn't run any sensational stories about kids indulging in drugs, mass drunkenness or violence.
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These photos will no longer be evaluated as art, but will be evaluated as part of a sensational story .
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They must have been less pleased when a slightly sensational story got into Weekend under my own name.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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sensational findings
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She still looks sensational at 56.
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Stanford made a sensational comeback in the second half.
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The media played up the more sensational aspects of the case.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An even more sensational racial incident in the summer of 1946 was cause for great public and administrative concern.
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He was no longer interested in sensational revelations by anonymous informants.
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His real obsession was ever with the sensational effects of the titillating text.
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It also spurred an outpouring of spurious books and sensational films.
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Not all reporting of rape is of sensational cross-examination.
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That was sensational for the people of Cleveland.