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Meanings of quickening in English

Portuguese
aceleração
Catalan
acceleració

The act of accelerating; increasing the speed.

aceleração
Usage of quickening in English
1
She crossed the road, quickening her pace as she approached the water.
The lovers
2
They will be but the outstanding individuals in a very universal quickening.
What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War
3
His foot was throbbing dully now, keeping time with his quickening heartbeat.
Blue noon
4
The man felt it in a stronger purpose and a quickening hope.
Cast Adrift
5
Even in her mortal frailty she had a quickening of the heart.
The Path of the King
6
Behind her came quickening footsteps and then a hand touched her back.
Heat Wave
7
Over the speaker, he could hear Butler's pace quickening to a run.
Artemis Fowl
8
So the two main effects expressed here are these: quickening and cleansing.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
9
He plunged into Trevelyan and the heart-quickening ups and downs of battle.
The Brimming Cup
10
The trembling might well be a minuscule quickening of something to come.
After dark
11
Eternities later, a quickening in her torture returned Nora to the world.
The hellfire club
12
Janet, in the drawing-room, received him with hardly a quickening of pulse.
A Daughter of To-Day
13
On the contrary, at first there came a considerable quickening of fervour.
Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments
14
The first howls were taken up and echoed and with quickening repetitions.
My Antonia
15
He looked for devotion in the glances, for trembling silence, quickening breaths.
Invisible Links
16
Yea, all that is in Christ contributeth to this life and quickening.
Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life
About this term
Translations for quickening
Quickening through the time
Quickening across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common