sensational
adjective
sen·sa·tion·al
sen-ˈsā-shnəl 
-shə-nᵊl
2
: arousing or tending to arouse (as by lurid details) a quick, intense, and usually superficial interest, curiosity, or emotional reaction
sensational tabloid news
3
: exceedingly or unexpectedly excellent or great
a sensational talent
sensationally
adverb
Synonyms
Examples of sensational in a Sentence
She looked sensational in her new dress.
the sensational news story caused a stir, but after a few days everyone forgot about it
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Robb Report Staff, Robb Report, 4 July 2024
Prosecutors presented evidence detailing how The National Enquirer, the supermarket tabloid, played a central role in the conspiracy with its catch-and-kill strategy of buying and burying negative stories about Trump and publishing sensational and false ones about his rivals.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 July 2024
Matt Turner made a sensational save, but Mathias Olivera cleaned up the rebound.
—Steven Goff, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
Now mathematicians Larry Guth of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and James Maynard of the University of Oxford have posted a sensational new finding on the preprint server arXiv.org.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 July 2024
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Robb Report Staff, Robb Report, 4 July 2024
Prosecutors presented evidence detailing how The National Enquirer, the supermarket tabloid, played a central role in the conspiracy with its catch-and-kill strategy of buying and burying negative stories about Trump and publishing sensational and false ones about his rivals.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 July 2024
Matt Turner made a sensational save, but Mathias Olivera cleaned up the rebound.
—Steven Goff, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
Now mathematicians Larry Guth of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and James Maynard of the University of Oxford have posted a sensational new finding on the preprint server arXiv.org.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 July 2024
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sensational
adjective
sen·sa·tion·al
sen-ˈsā-shnəl
-shən-ᵊl,
sən-
1
: of or relating to sensation or the senses
2
: arousing a strong and usually shallow interest or emotional reaction
sensational news
3
: exceedingly or unexpectedly excellent or great
a sensational diving catch
sensationally
adverb
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