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Meanings of quicken in English
Synonyms
Examples for "invigorate"
Examples for "invigorate"
1
The change will interest your mind as well as invigorate your body.
2
On the contrary, to extend and invigorate them is our true policy.
3
For some time I found nothing that tended to invigorate my hopes.
4
There are, though, bitters that shrivel and bitters that tone and invigorate.
5
We must invigorate ourselves, for we shall have plenty to do to-morrow.
Usage of quicken in English
1
An illogical, unreasoning hope began to quicken his heart as he dressed.
2
He perished in body so as to quicken others by the spirit.
3
Often trumpets sounded and the motion of the troops seemed to quicken.
4
Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.
5
Here the most favorable event happened to quicken and encourage their advance.
6
Regret and guilt pulled her shoulder muscles together, made her heartbeat quicken.
7
When I wished to quicken his gait, the horse broke at once.
8
The thought of this made her quicken her pace to a run.
9
Every successive season served to quicken the pulses of this growing hatred.
10
I felt my pulse quicken, and I knew he could tell, too.
11
But as the momentum started to quicken, patience and precision were abandoned.
12
Smith said, and he felt the beat of his heart perceptibly quicken.
13
The delay caused by this conversation induced Wolf to quicken his pace.
14
As your adrenaline pumps, your heart beats faster, and your reactions quicken.
15
I noticed a passing couple quicken their pace, despite the glassy sidewalk.
16
Mercedes, fearful of losing the race, vainly told him to quicken up.
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Quicken through the time
Quicken across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common