How To Use Quicken In A Sentence

And then my etymological heart quickened in the presence of the Grand Design, for there was one more definition: "One of the cotyle-dons or lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 3
Once he hit his stride he quickened well. The Sun
The runners have noticeably quickened their pace.
Romoeuf, riding a franc etrier, on that old Herb-merchant's route, quickened during the last stages, has got to Varennes; where the Ten thousand now furiously demand, with fury of panic terror, that Royalty shall forthwith return Paris-ward, that there be not infinite bloodshed. The French Revolution
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In the late 1850s the speed of technological change quickened.
They have to quicken up their rate of work to fulfil the production quota.
Eve quickened her pace as she heard the distant roar of an engine pulling up into the driveway.
He bustled Ouija Board into fifth soon after the start and held his position until the field quickened down the back stretch.
Christ was quickened, that is to say, was active, in His own spirit state, although His body was inert and in reality dead at the time; and that _in_ that disembodied state He went and preached to the disobedient spirits. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
The air—"translucent as wine," hymned one poet—quickens the heart. City of Peace—and War
It's surely summer. for there's a swallow: Come one swallow, his mate will follow, The bird race quicken and wheel and thicken. Christina G Rossetti
But the movie never quickens the pulse.
He heard a footfall in the passage outside and felt his pulse quicken.
Some with the greatest access of luster equal the colors of painters, others the fervid flames of sulphur, or fires quickened with oil.
Your first example hearkens back to the idea of quickening — the point at which a woman “feels” a child inside — hardly at the moment of fertilziation, indeed, often not until week 20 or even later depending on how the placenta is situated. Quote
Theirs is an all-consuming love that has been rudely dashed but will quicken again tomorrow, regardless of today's despair.
Sadly the racing on offer this weekend probably won't quicken the pulse of star polo players or anyone else. The Sun
My steps quickened, my stride elongating to keep myself from the echoing sound of my name.
Twirling his new, Charter-Magicked mustache, he quickened his pace. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
Once he hit his stride he quickened well. The Sun
There are many moments here that quicken the pulse. Times, Sunday Times
When my first baby quickened I was walking up the street carrying a bag of shopping.
But there has to be a huge doubt about him reproducing his best form with the ground quickening all the time. The Sun
Two or three cups of the stalks, with leaves put into a cup of wine, especially claret, are known to quicken the spirits, refresh and cheer the heart, and drive away melancholy.
I continued to walk, my pace quickening once I was in a somewhat safer place.
Her face crimsoning with fury, Isabella suddenly turned away from her friend and quickened her pace down the road.
His head was spinning faster now and for some reason his heartbeat had quickened. TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher
But do these goals quicken your pulse? Times, Sunday Times
But though their effects are various, these at least quicken the pulse. Times, Sunday Times
After 15 to 20 minutes soaking in the water, your pores will enlarge and pulse quicken.
I quickened my pace so that I was level with her.
It goes to show that work on the canal is beginning to quicken and that this project can work.
There was little to quicken the pulse in his dull routine.
He heard a footfall in the passage outside and felt his pulse quicken.
But Conan turned into a narrow bystreet and quickened his pace. The Hour of the Dragon
He timed it beautifully, racing at a steady pace before quickening and then finding another gear at the furlong pole. The Sun
Ainslie's pulse quickened in alarm.
Despite himself, Davis felt a quickening of the old scientific curiosity.
The pulse quickens at the sight of the low range of hills which interpose themselves between the fields and the Libyan Desert - the final resting places of the pharaohs and their families.
The rules change that allows the use of disc brakes has helped me hold the Plymouth at the starting line, and the LED Tree has quickened my reaction times.
A leaden stillness descended and slowed their legs, but sight traveled in reverse and was quickened.
It's surely summer. for there's a swallow: Come one swallow, his mate will follow, The bird race quicken and wheel and thicken. Christina G Rossetti
As he walked up to her she felt her heartbeat quicken.
I decide to quicken up the pace or slow it down. Times, Sunday Times
Re-introduction of certain species may have already taken place, but beyond the rather enclosed worlds of ornithology, gamekeeping and fishing the return of the sea eagle, red kite and vendace has done little to quicken the public pulse.
He quickened his pace a little.
But there has to be a huge doubt about him reproducing his best form with the ground quickening all the time. The Sun
Christie's total topped its own presale expectation of up to £ 51.8 million and underscored the role that new, international buyers are playing in the art market's quickening recovery. Christie's Auction Gets Warhol Boost
Pietersen, who has fallen three times trying to quicken the rate, each time to the inexperienced leg-break bowler Jeevan Mendis, could easily be depicted as a victim of overcaution elsewhere, but he remains scrupulously loyal as he tries to adjust to England's three-captain system. Kevin Pietersen on the defensive over England's misfiring batsmen
Luckily, he was on crutches on the time of our exchange and I was able to quicken away from the confrontation. The Sun
He quickened his pace and hugged the leftmost side.
Yet, obviously, such transference might quicken interest and offer other ways of thinking about a subject.
Now, that quickening we call interest originates in the nervous system, but is not limited by it.
From the fingers in which he'd claimed he could already feel the Art quickening beads of power oozed like ectoplasm, bursting in the air. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
She began to tremble in fear when her heart's steady pace quickened into a fast-paced minuet, her breath's stable rhythm raced into a sixteenth note, and her feet's adagio tempo sped into a presto.
Ray glanced at his watch and quickened his pace .
Purdy, some vagrom fancy quickened in him, either by the voice, which was not unrefined, or by the stealthiness of the approach, Australia Felix
The notion of "quickening" -- when the woman could first sense movement in her womb -- was sometimes used as a dividing line between ethical and unethical abortion. John Backman: Can 'I Don't Know' Break The Abortion Stalemate?
In the second half both goalkeepers were called into action as the pace quickened. Times, Sunday Times
He quickened up well on that ground and won going away. The Sun
When the gap came she put her head down and quickened really well. Times, Sunday Times
He hopes this will quicken his reaction to the ball.
In the second half both goalkeepers were called into action as the pace quickened. Times, Sunday Times
My heartbeat just quickened and it kept increasing.
We shall not 'quicken' our fellows unless we 'die,' either literally or by the not less real martyrdom of rigid self-crucifixion and suppression. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV
Vernon and I were starving, our bodies tense; then relaxing as our tongues swirled around the mozzarella cucina and the hot antipasto, our breathing quickening as we devoured the clams oreganato, stuffed mushrooms, eggplant rollantini, and artichoke hearts. A Kettle of Vultures
The Catholic church teaches that life begins at conception; it used to teach that life began at quickening, some 40 days into pregnancy.
When I came upon the deli, its sign glowing like a beacon in the brumous night, a slight twinge of anticipation quickened my pace.
There was little to quicken the pulse in his dull routine.
The opening act, a conversation piece, always tends to outstay its welcome, and Peter Selwyn, conducting, might have helped the fine cast and orchestra by quickening the tempi. Tosca; La rondine; Arensky Chamber Orchestra – review
Quickening his stride, he outsprinted Able Prince, with Scintillation nearly two lengths behind in third.
She felt her pulse quicken as she recognized the voice.
In the second half both goalkeepers were called into action as the pace quickened. Times, Sunday Times
As a result, Liz's pulse quickens and her blood pressure rises.
When sliced, and applied externally, the raw Onion serves by its pungent and essential oil to quicken the circulation, and to redden the skin of the particular surface treated in this way; very usefully so in the case of an unbroken chilblain, or to counteract neuralgic pain; but in its crude state the bulb is not emollient or demulcent. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
She covers so much ground for a small filly and quickened well. The Sun
Then, whereas the day was very calm and fair, and the dame had given her holiday, she wandered about the eyot, and most in a little wood of berry-trees, as quicken and whitebeam and dog-wood, and sported with the birds, who feared her not, but came and sat on her shoulders, and crept about her feet. The Water of the Wondrous Isles
We want the pulse to quicken. Times, Sunday Times
My heartbeat quickens even more at the mere sight of her.
Nicholas Roe suggests that these are examples of moments where the past resurfaces with a power to quicken the poet's imaginative life.
Dictionary, to "quicken" means "to reach the stage of pregnancy at which the child shows signs of life. AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
A hint of tyre screech indicated we were approaching the limit of adhesion and our heart rates quickened.
My heart was now fluttering, my pulse quickening.
Action is being taken to quicken the pace of change. The Sun
Spring rains and warm sunlight quickened the earth.
Her pace quickened as she heard the motor of a nearby automobile turn on.
It is the quickening of a city 's pulse. Times, Sunday Times
There are many moments here that quicken the pulse. Times, Sunday Times
the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain
The second half was a little more frenetic as the pace quickened a step or two. Times, Sunday Times
Adriana listened without comment, setting herself at a distance from the old pains quickened by his words.
In the daytime there had been the basking ridge where great ribbed wings of iridescent green or gray or black, dull red or brown or yellow, stretched to channel the sun to the dragon's quickening savoring bodies.
The pace is quickening and the lines of engagement are already drawn up. Times, Sunday Times
The very instant you wholeheartedly turn away from every symptom of distrust and discouragement, the blessed Holy Spirit will quicken your faith and inbreathe divine strength into your soul.... Both Sides Now..and Always
Companies are finding it hard to cope with the quickening pace of technological change.
The old lady with the shawl and trowel adores her frowzy garden and in the vanished days of the empire-the pulse of the explorer quickened at the sight of a desert floor. Bringing It All Back Home
Christ, says the Bible, was put to death in the flesh; but quickened, that is, brought to life, by the Spirit. Twenty-Five Village Sermons
The discharges are offensive and for the most part liquid, although it is common to find lumps of solid fecal matter floating in this liquid portion; shreds of mucous membrane and blood may be passed or the evacuations may be mucopurulent; there is much straining, and, rarely, symptoms of abdominal pain; the subject lies down a great deal; the pulse is quickened and the temperature elevated. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
Agnes watched with amusement as his interest quickened or faded with each phrase.
Euro- region inflation may have quickened in March from the previous month, while U.S. consumer prices are forecast to rise 0.5 percent, separate surveys showed. BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Once the large community of developmental biologists working on the worm became involved, the pace quickened.
The new films ultimately could quicken the recovery of burn victims and patients with skin ulcers and bedsores, the team asserts.
Now something of a generic term for various activities on snow, skiing can actually mean snowboarding, snowblading or, for those with their finger firmly on the quickening pulse of snowsport, twin-tip skiing.
A familiar letter sprang out at him, each word quickened by its glaring garb of type. The Touchstone
Asha waited expectantly, with a trace of fear and curiosity, her heartbeat quickening slightly at the prospect.
To see it, quickening, life. The Broken God
He doubted if his pulse had even quickened as he killed.
I decide to quicken up the pace or slow it down. Times, Sunday Times
the soul is the quickener of the body
Hormonal changes during pregnancy could have quickened the process, they learned.
When the gap came she put her head down and quickened really well. Times, Sunday Times
He heard the raucous shouts and the rhythmic twist of the dance accompaniment as he turned into the alley, and he quickened his pace.
He was able to cruise, quicken and quicken again. Times, Sunday Times
The pace is quickening and the lines of engagement are already drawn up. Times, Sunday Times
When I turn a corner in snowball days, the boys with bulging pockets see a head held high and a step unquickened, but I know that I cringe inwardly; and this private mortification I set down against old The Promised Land
So saying, and summing up the whole with a provoking wink, and such an interjectional tchick as men quicken a dull horse with, Petit Andre drew off to the other side of the path, and left the youth to digest the taunts he had treated him with, as his proud Scottish stomach best might. Quentin Durward
To use a burning consciousness of one’s own misery, of the shackles that cut one’s own limbs, to quicken one’s sense of life in general, as Dickens did, to shape out of the murk which has surrounded one’s childhood some resplendent figure such as Micawber or Mrs. Gamp, is admirable: but to use personal suffering to rivet the reader’s sympathy and curiosity upon your private case is disastrous. The Common Reader, Second Series
They heard the engine revving and the quickening beat of the rotors.
But though their effects are various, these at least quicken the pulse. Times, Sunday Times
His imagination quickened immediately.
Action is being taken to quicken the pace of change. The Sun
And then, just ere our hands met, a twinkle of -- oh -- such distant and controlled geniality quickened the many tiny wrinkles in the corner of the eyes; the clear blue of the eyes was suffused by an almost colourful warmth; the face, too, seemed similarly to suffuse; the thin lips, harsh-set the instant before, were as gracious as Bernhardt's when she moulds sound into speech. CHAPTER I
There are already signs of a quickening pace. Times, Sunday Times
But there has to be a huge doubt about him reproducing his best form with the ground quickening all the time. The Sun
Pity is a level for quickening love.
The little man crept crestfallen from the tent, his lingering steps quickened by a threatening gesture on the part of the Chief. Hauff's Fairy Tales, Translated and Adapted
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China’s interest in antisatellite weapons had quickened after the 1991 Gulf War showcased the accuracy of U.S. space-guided weapons. Space Invaders
They have to quicken up their rate of work to fulfil the production quota.
His heartbeat quickened as he hurried towards her room.
As the pace quickened, Pepe began to drop behind.
When the gap came she put her head down and quickened really well. Times, Sunday Times
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
In one particularly engaging scene a barrage of news reports on black ‘suspects’ is pasted over the quickening thump of a heartbeat.
For seven weeks he had worked at it without interruption; and for seven weeks he had been happy: companioned by the vivid creatures of his brain; and, better still, by a quickened undersense of his mother's vital share in the 'blossom and fruit of his life.' Far to Seek A Romance of England and India
And for good reason, since the colt quickened away from 14 opponents with uncommon zest. Times, Sunday Times
I convey the further information that with awakening awareness I am stirred to approach, and as I approach awareness quickens.
He raced generously behind a strong gallop and quickened with gusto - albeit betraying a high head carriage in the process. Times, Sunday Times
There are already signs of a quickening pace. Times, Sunday Times
Companies are finding it hard to cope with the quickening pace of technological change.
We have to quicken our pace.
Luckily, he was on crutches on the time of our exchange and I was able to quicken away from the confrontation. The Sun
The net effects of the combination of a growing sense of long-term insecurity and the demonstration effects of a fallen fellow autocracy may be those akin to a run on the bank, with agents rushing to cash in their political investments in the regime, quickening the collapse of the regime's authority. Beijing and the Arab Revolt
The bandsmen, all dressed in their serious splendour, played at a determined pace, which quickened the pulse.
The booted not the suited should command the attention and quicken the pulse. Times, Sunday Times
The pace of consumer spending should quicken this summer, as tax relief frees up household income, even while the labor markets are slow to recover.
Thy brother is dead;" and quoth he in himself, "The accursed fellow cozeneth me, so he may get all the coin for himself, but I will presently do with him what shall soon requicken him. Arabian nights. English
The smell of roasting boar meat quickened my hunger.
He was hurrying along the pavement, quickening when we could make a yard or two, dawdling in each hiatus. THE TARTAN RINGERS
Research quickened in the 1980s as better measuring techniques emerged, notably gas chromatograph-mass spectrometers.
Nay, rather, he appreciated it the more, as some writers find literary perception and power of expression quickened at the influence of music itself. The Nebuly Coat
Companies are finding it hard to cope with the quickening pace of technological change.
His pulse quickened as he craned forward for a better view.
She covers so much ground for a small filly and quickened well. The Sun
He was able to cruise, quicken and quicken again. Times, Sunday Times
Up until the 19th century, a woman was deemed officially pregnant when she felt her fetus quicken, which was about four or five months after intercourse had occurred.
So strong were the emanations given off by the intense personal bubble they occupied that I averted my gaze and quickened my pace.
Music itself had acquired the potential to quicken the pace of an eventual rapprochement between the West and its colonies.
He quickened so well off a slow pace. Times, Sunday Times
Once he hit his stride he quickened well. The Sun
Pity is a level for quickening love.
The second half was a little more frenetic as the pace quickened a step or two. Times, Sunday Times
But she was really going to find heartease and because at Grandma's she would hear oftenest the name that now had the power to quicken her heart beats and bring her a pain that was strangely edged with joy. Green Valley
The back-to-back executions would quicken the pace of capital punishment in Maryland.
The result is a beautiful book whose elegiac tone is quickened by the writer's own warmth and wit.
Cheirisophus quickened, sending down a counter-order to the rear to follow on quickly. Anabasis
Marcy felt her breath quicken, her heartbeat accelerate and crescendo in her ears to an overpowering drone.
And for good reason, since the colt quickened away from 14 opponents with uncommon zest. Times, Sunday Times
The pace quickened to a canter as the trail began to open and they rode into a valley.
Hearing how bullfighters dramatically flirt with death in the work of an afternoon quickens the pulse; and wandering the old streets of Seville in the bright Andalusian sunshine cannot fail to stimulate your imagination, too.
It was little wonder the advert quickened pulses among members of Edinburgh's close-knit financial community.
Their skin conductance patterns spike, the hairs on their arms rise, their pulse quickens, and their breathing becomes shallow. Boing Boing: September 18, 2005 - September 24, 2005 Archives
She quickened her eating pace, and audibly swallowed one last time.
His squeeze grew just a little lighter than usual when he felt her heartbeat quicken far more than it usually did, her breath intake having been sharp.
Spirit so "quickened" them that they were able to understand and appreciate one of the most spiritual of all his Epistles. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891
The very sight of Tony, bringing with it, as it did, a quickened rush of torturing remembrance, filled him with a kind of insensate fury. The Vision of Desire
Her heart quickened - perhaps they were discussing Puddephat's mysterious disappearance?
As the czardas quickened until its pace reached the speed of a whirlwind, de Savignac suddenly staggered to his feet -- his breath coming in short gasps. A Village of Vagabonds
Companies are finding it hard to cope with the quickening pace of technological change.
Looking across the dark waters that separate our houses, I can't help but feel my heartbeat quicken and the resolve in my mind harden.
There's a mixture of trepidation and euphoria to this song as it timidly climbs: the yearning sound of the violin constantly clawing over the quickening beat.
He understands the game well, when to quicken the tempo, when to slow it down, when to pass short and when to hit it long," said Butragueno to Spanish website, AS.
His head was spinning faster now and for some reason his heartbeat had quickened. TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher
Then everything seemed to become compact and streamlined, his pace would quicken into a glide, rather than a sprint, and he would hit the ball like a smooth rock and be gone.
Propose the ordered sphere decoder so that it can process the constellation with any shape and quicken the decoding time.
But with the forward movement a certain portion of the line curved onwards in advance, with wave-like sinuosity, and the portion left behind quickened to a run; and simultaneously a thrilling cry burst from all lips, like that in honour of the war-god — eleleu! eleleu! and the running became general. Anabasis
First of all men of his breed was he to enter this lone Northland village, and at the thought an exultancy came upon him, an exaltation, and his followers noted that his leg-weariness fell from him and that he insensibly quickened the pace. IN THE FOREST OF THE NORTH
The order came back to quicken up the pace of advance.
Synchronously departmentally, with his real estate richmond virginia for mesomorphic imagism barometer and alkylic mastigophore, is as fanned and tomentose tangerine in quickening, and in emydidae. Rational Review
As in the case of seeds, he used the term proper to bodies, saying, "it is not quickened, except it die:" so in the case of bodies, the expression belonging to seeds, saying, "it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians
This is clearly a very close family and his daughter believes, with good cause, that Mr Earnshaw's recovery will be quickened by his being back among his kith and kin.
I sat up when I heard the doorbell and my heartbeat quickened as I got to my feet and raced out of my room, down the stairs and stopped at the bottom one.
This is music that will make your pulse quicken.
Mr. Moroun, who is tied at 293 on the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans with fellow Michigander Daniel Gilbert, founder of Quicken Loans Inc. of Detroit, built his fortune in the trucking business. Is Span Plan a Bridge Too Far?
The Glasgow plan aims to quicken the pace of development at Atlantic Quay and surrounding land on the north bank of the river.
He failed to quicken and finished fifth. The Sun
Some warm sunshine will soon quicken them into life again. Times, Sunday Times
We trembled from the initial bolt of lightning to the moment when the quickened corpse stirred, arose and lurched from the laboratory table.
My heartbeat quickened with every passing second, so that I wanted to confess to the world…

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