to create quite a sensation

Examples

• All

• The launch of the latest tech gadget is creating quite a sensation in the media.

• We created quite a sensation.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Created quite a sensation.

  Fiction book (1993)

• As early as 1884, LaFlesche presented his first paper before the American Association for the Advancement of Science when he and Fletcher offered joint papers on the sacred pipes of the Omahas and created quite a sensation.

  Academic text (2001)

• They created quite a sensation in the local newspapers, which reported their every move, and they were treated like royalty and given lavish clothing, dinners, and accommodations, as well as many presents to take back to Georgia with them.

  Academic text (2008)

• The new chef's innovative recipes are creating quite a sensation in the culinary world.

Synonyms

E

to excite

vsto create quite a sensation

331 2.7

To make someone feel very happy, interested, or eager

specifies public attention and widespread interest rather than private feeling

S

to stir

vsto create quite a sensation

131 3.7

To make someone feel a strong emotion

is about causing public excitement rather than private emotional response

B

to blow your mind

vsto create quite a sensation

• Informal

50 6.2

To surprise someone a lot and make them feel excited

emphasizes wide public reaction and interest rather than single shock

M

to make waves

vsto create quite a sensation

• Informal

12 4.9

To get attention or cause trouble by changing the usual way things are done

focuses on drawing public excitement rather than primarily causing change

M

to make a splash

vsto create quite a sensation

11 3.9

Get a lot of attention in an exciting way

focuses on wide public excitement rather than only dramatic showiness

C

to cause a stir

vsto create quite a sensation

6 4.0

Make people feel excited or upset and attract attention

is about broad public attention not just local emotional response

B

to brew up a storm

vsto create quite a sensation

• Informal

7.1

To cause a lot of excitement and strong reactions

leans toward wide public excitement rather than only noisy commotion

W

to whip up a storm

vsto create quite a sensation

• Informal

6.8

To make food quickly or to cause strong excitement

often focuses on causing quick energy rather than lasting wide attention

S

to set the Thames on fire

vsto create quite a sensation

• Archaic

9.9

To cause great excitement or a big effect, often said to mean something is not impressive

is straightforward about causing wide public excitement not ironic doubt

Antonyms

U

unnoticed

57 2.5

Other people do not see or pay attention to it

B

to bore

15 1.4

To make someone feel tired or not interested by being dull when you speak

How Sensational

to create quite a sensation

1 5.6

to make headlines

• Literature

40 3.2

to cause a stir

6 4.0

to draw attention

71 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology