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Meanings of quicken in English
Synonyms
Examples for "whet"
Examples for "whet"
1
It permits the reader to taste, in order to whet his appetite.
2
It took a racy question like that to whet their dull curiosity.
3
But they certainly told me enough to whet my appetite for more!
4
I would recommend either a diamond butcher steel or a whet stone.
5
The singer has released an ambiguous album trailer to whet fans' appetites.
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.
About this term
Frequent collocations
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Quicken through the time
Quicken across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common