The word 'sensation' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a feeling of excitement or pleasure created by something special or unusual. For example: The new movie filled audiences with a thrilling sensation.
It was put in for sensation, I'm sure.
I had the sensation of being loud, and this was always accompanied by a heightened impression of being uncomfortably visible.
According to the poster, it was an attempt to bring "the street sensation that's sweeping the nation" to the masses, yet the decision to cast really awful non-rapping actor Mario Van Peebles as a really-not-awful rapper proved predictably troublesome.
The social media sensation of ice bucket challenge generated the majority of its donations via text and raised more than $100m for the US's ALS Association and £7m for the UK's Motor Neurone Disease Association, but more than a third of charities are still unable to accept donations via text.
DH Lawrence perhaps recognised a similar sensation when, in his semi-autobiographical novel, Kangaroo (1923), Lovat – the pseudonym the author used for the book, commented upon a night-time walk in the outback, and felt overwhelmed by its peculiar vibe the land gave off.
Ideally you're new, with the potential to become an overnight sensation; or something familiar already purchased in vast numbers.
By the end of 2000, the hot new sensation of the day is Weakest Link, a gameshow much like the ones you probably grew up with, but presented by a woman who appears to hate her own audience.
As much as rival clubs' supporters, or ones without vested interests, may take a delight in this very public downfall, the overriding sensation is surely one of sadness.
Everton's teenage sensation Ross Barkley, who will eventually join Anzhi in the year 2029, is a £20m target for Chelsea, whose manager André Villas-Boas is diligently pursuing the fantasy of having a team with a younger average age than his.
Stay still!" The tumble dryer sensation had been my body ricocheting back and forth between the train and the platform I didn't know where the voices were coming from or if they were talking to me, but on the off chance they were, I remained still.
I recalled a sensation akin to being in a tumble dryer, but it wasn't until I opened my eyes that I had any idea of what was going on.
