SENSATIONAL in a Sentence

sensational

 a.  very good, exciting, or unusual; intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction

1  The public," it said, "have lost a sensational treat through the sudden death of the man Hope, who was suspected of the murder of Mr. Enoch Drebber and of Mr. Joseph Stangerson.

A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION

2  But in avoiding the sensational, I fear that you may have bordered on the trivial.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES

3  Holmes himself had said that no more complex case had come to him in all the long series of his sensational investigations.

The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House

4  I shall soon be in the position of being able to put into a single connected narrative one of the most singular and sensational crimes of modern times.

The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets

5  The police believe that they have evidence in their possession which supplies a very convincing motive for the crime, and altogether it cannot be doubted that sensational developments will follow.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER

6  Two columns were occupied with a highly sensational and flowery rendering of the whole incident.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS

7  But nothing sensational was discovered among the documents which filled his drawers.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN

8  It is somewhat too sensational.

The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In SECOND ACT

9  One should always have something sensational to read in the train.

The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In SECOND ACT

10  They are trash, and will soon be worse trash if I go on, for each is more sensational than the last.

Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

11  "Dey's in yo skirt pocket," said Prissy, who had been hovering behind Scarlett, enjoying the sensational drama.

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X

12  The night was perfectly still, and the air so dry and pure that it gave little sensation of cold.

Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I

13  Ethan felt confusedly that there were many things he ought to think about, but through his tingling veins and tired brain only one sensation throbbed: the warmth of Mattie's shoulder against his.

Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III

14  There was a bucket of well water on the floor beside her and every now and then she lowered her blistered foot into it, screwing up her face at the stinging sensation.

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI

15  Surely he had not placed it there, but there her head was and there was Scarlett helplessly sobbing against his thin chest, an exciting and novel sensation for him.

Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV

1  Mohamed Al Fayed has said he trusts the Metropolitan Police to investigate "with vigour" a sensational claim that the SAS was involved in the deaths of Princess Diana and his son.

2  Everybody has their favourite ways of breaking journalism into categories —tabloid vs. broadsheet, broadcast vs. print, sensational vs. thoughtful and so on.

3  The story has all the makings of a sensational spy thriller.

4  When something sensational happens to us, sharing the happiness of the occasion with friends intensifies our joy.

5  The affair was the most sensational political sex scandal of the century.

6  I have no way of confirming this so called sensational story, you have to dig for more stories on this to be sure.

7  A painful, burning sensation on the outer side of the thigh may mean that one of the large sensory nerves to your legs.

8  It is a very strange sensation to inexperienced youth to feel itself quite alone in the world.

9  It was the most stunning surprise of the decade, and so profound was the sensation that it lifted the new hero up to the judicial one's altitude, and the school had two marvels to gaze upon in place of one.

10  It is a very strange sensation to inexperienced youth to feel itself quite alone in the world, cut adrift from every connection, uncertain whether the port to which it is bound can be reached, and prevented by many impediments from returning to that it has quitted.

11  One sign of a heart attack is a tingling sensation in the left arm.

12  These lotions tend to give the skin a tingly sensation.

13  A young municipal utility worker has become a viral sensation after an image of him submerged in a puddle from a busted pipeline was shared around the country.