The act of accelerating; increasing the speed.
1 She crossed the road, quickening her pace as she approached the water.
2 They will be but the outstanding individuals in a very universal quickening .
3 His foot was throbbing dully now, keeping time with his quickening heartbeat.
4 The man felt it in a stronger purpose and a quickening hope.
5 Even in her mortal frailty she had a quickening of the heart.
6 Behind her came quickening footsteps and then a hand touched her back.
7 Over the speaker, he could hear Butler's pace quickening to a run.
8 So the two main effects expressed here are these: quickening and cleansing.
9 He plunged into Trevelyan and the heart - quickening ups and downs of battle.
10 The trembling might well be a minuscule quickening of something to come.
11 Eternities later, a quickening in her torture returned Nora to the world.
12 Janet, in the drawing-room, received him with hardly a quickening of pulse.
13 On the contrary, at first there came a considerable quickening of fervour.
14 The first howls were taken up and echoed and with quickening repetitions.
15 He looked for devotion in the glances, for trembling silence, quickening breaths.
16 Yea, all that is in Christ contributeth to this life and quickening .
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