Quickened

Examples

• I quickened my pace, and, passing among them, wondering at their looks, went hurriedly in. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Her quickened sense could interpret every sound of motion: now he was at the hat-stand--now at the very room-door. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Quickened by the encreasing storm, we had hastened our return, our little charge was placed before Adrian on his horse. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Her slight frame became nerved; her distinguished face quickened with scorn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He quickened his pace on seeing Mr Boffin already at the place of meeting, and was soon at his side. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The hysterical passion swelled in her bosom--her quickened convulsive breathing almost beat on my face, as she held me back at the door. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• His breathing was a little quickened; but he repressed all other signs of agitation. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Ages have intervened between its several steps; but, as knowledge of late increases rapidly, why should not those steps be quickened? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The work is much quickened by the substitution of steam power, water power, or even horse power for manual labor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As was always the case with her, this moral repulsion found a physical outlet in a quickened distaste for her surroundings. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I quickened my pace, and knocked at the door with my hand. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Plato appreciated the value of this faculty, and saw that it might be quickened by the study of number and relation. Plato. The Republic.
• Suddenly he lifted his face to her, and her heart quickened at the flicker of his voice. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He quickened his pace; but before he reached her, she turned her head. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• But they were passing the church now, and as his eye caught the clock, he quickened his pace. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I had never done more than glance at the house, as I went by with a quickened step. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He comes towards them at his usual methodical pace, which is never quickened, never slackened. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He was evidently in search of me, for he quickened his pace when we caught sight of each other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• How, while he was looking at her, recollections would seem to be suddenly quickened in his mind. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I could read the influence of my friend in their quickened motions and cheerful faces. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The lion also had quickened his gait, and was doggedly maintaining an unvarying distance behind them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The fever was over, and Emma could harbour little fear of the pulse being quickened again by injurious courtesy. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Think of her as you thought of the first woman who quickened the pulses within you that the rest of her sex had no art to stir. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

Typist: Rosa