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Example sentences for "great sensation"

  • The news of Miss Pewsey's death had caused a great sensation, and a still greater one was caused by the publication in the paper of her crime.

  • The début of Mademoiselle Georges had made a great sensation at Paris and at la Malmaison.

  • The announcement of this important entertainment made a great sensation: people came from all the towns and all the villages round, even from Soissons.

  • He had fought a Dud over Germanicus with Martainville which had made a great sensation in the literary world.

  • The Naig outrage caused a great sensation in the capital.

  • The news was telegraphed to the Home Government, and caused a great sensation in Madrid.

  • Sickles, a member of the House of Representatives from New York, created a great sensation.

  • Jenny Lind created a great sensation at Washington, and at her first concert Mr. Webster, who had been dining out, rose majestically at the end of her first song and made an imposing bow, which was the signal for enthusiastic applause.

  • Wright, a cousin of Mrs. Van Ness, created a great sensation in Washington by coming to her house for a home.

  • There has been a great sensation in the courts of law, in consequence of Lord Denman's suddenly closing the term, on the last day of it, in consequence of the absence of the counsel.

  • Such language as this was sure to make a great sensation; it showed what the pretensions and objects of these very foolish people were, and how indispensable it was that the Queen should have nothing whatever to say to him.

  • Our play in that Concert having made a great sensation, the receipts increased at the second, on 21.

  • Of the Concert which I then gave in Hamburgh with my wife and Hermstedt, I recollect but little more than that the latter created a great sensation by his highly cultivated skill.

  • At the rehearsal, my Concerto in D-Minor had made a great sensation.

  • Dorette's Soli's on the harp and piano made also a great sensation.

  • This philosophic reflection," thought he, "will make a great sensation at M.

  • This affair, like all those in which the Count of Monte Cristo had interfered, caused a great sensation in Paris.

  • A young priest, Louis Hetzer, had published a treatise in German entitled, The judgment of God against Images, which produced a great sensation, and the images wholly engrossed the thoughts of a part of the people.

  • Accordingly, the decision of the diet produced a great sensation in Switzerland.

  • The prior's order created a great sensation in the town and university, and produced a sudden explosion.

  • The author, however, was not to be fooled or driven from the path which he conceived to be his duty to his much wronged Emperor, so the petition was published, and created a great sensation.

  • The publication of his pamphlet, previously mentioned, created a great sensation, and it sold like wildfire.

  • The arrival of Armenteros with the despatches, and the tidings that he brought, caused a great sensation in the court of Madrid.

  • The report of these proceedings caused a great sensation at Madrid; and Philip earnestly called on his sister to hunt out and pursue the offenders.

  • Their visit to Brussels had not only created a great sensation in the capital itself, but throughout the country.

  • The impassioned tone of his eloquence, so contrary to the usually calm manner of William the Silent, and the boldness with which he avowed his opinions, caused a great sensation in the assembly.

  • His work entitled Praeadamitae, 1653, in which he maintained that men lived before Adam, made a great sensation, and was burnt by the hangman at Paris.

  • The first appeared in 1858, and created a great sensation by its boldness.

  • Clark's disappearance caused a great sensation, every one thinking he had run away with the borrowed silver.

  • The affair created a great sensation in London, where the parties were well known, heavy bets being made as to which party would win the race.

  • Tracts for the Times, made a great sensation; see R.

  • But it contains little that is original, and although the work created a great sensation when it was first published, the effect soon passed away, and the book was practically forgotten.

  • An affair, which created a great sensation, occupied the Supreme Council at this time.

  • The affair of a Beata at Cuenca created a great sensation.

  • The subject of Jansenism created a great sensation in Spain.

  • Spalding, who has deserved so well of Rome, would of course create a great sensation in the United States by the red hat, which has never yet been seen there.

  • The affair of course made a great sensation.

  • The pamphlet, and the latter expression especially, produced a great sensation.

  • It then created a great sensation, and has since been widely discussed.

  • In the debate it was declared that the condition of things at the seat of war was exaggerated; but the speech of Mr. Stafford caused a great sensation.

  • Its publication caused a wide-spread indignation in England, a great sensation abroad, and profoundly agitated the court of Naples.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    great anxiety; great circle; great commander; great concern; great favor; great fleet; great glee; great joy; great lord; great marvel; great numbers; great pile; great pity; great purpose; great quantity; great request; great roar; great storm; great success; great tenderness; great tribulation; great waters; great writer; greater pleasure; greater share; more beautiful