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    1. Suddenly she became very aware of just how close he was, when she felt his breath quicken


    2. thrusts beginning to quicken


    3. prompted the ruffians to quicken their pace


    4. If Trumpet’s only a goat, he can’t make me quicken


    5. When those establishments were effectuated, and had become so considerable as to attract the attention of the mother country, the first regulations which she made with regard to them, had always in view to secure to herself the monopoly of their commerce; to confine their market, and to enlarge her own at their expense, and, consequently, rather to damp and discourage, than to quicken and forward the course of their prosperity


    6. 20 You, which has showed me great and sore troubles, shall quicken me again, and shall bring me up again from the depths of the


    7. Her nearness to him made his pulse quicken with the awareness of the other side of reality, and he felt a determination to make her open up to him


    8. 8 With nods of fear and indignation You command the flames, and they change into spirits, and with a word you quicken


    9. which occur in their times; You bring about by Your word, and against the works of the inhabitants of the Earth you do quicken the


    10. I could feel my breath quicken and Ishvara’s body tense with every touch, he was gasping, inhaling me everywhere, running his tongue across my neck

    11. Earth as a way to quicken its traveling time


    12. You will quicken


    13. 13 And you shall mortify it as your creature and quicken it as your work


    14. 8 With nods of fear and indignation You command the flames and they change into spirits and with a word you quicken that which was not and with mighty power you hold that which has not yet come


    15. 1 And I sought the Mighty One and said: 'You alone O Lord know of in past history the deep things of the world and the things which occur in their times; You bring about by Your word and against the works of the inhabitants of the Earth you do quicken the beginnings of the times and the end of the seasons you alone know


    16. You should quicken the pace and we’ll try to delay them,” he finished as he started off in the direction of the running figures


    17. You should quicken the pace and we'll try to delay them,” he finished as


    18. They seemed to quicken their pace as they overtopped the hill, landing with a


    19. "Okay…” said Calvin, feeling his heart quicken


    20. "Are they under attack?" asked Calvin, feeling his heart quicken

    21. Calvin felt his heart quicken


    22. starved himself, hoping to quicken his death


    23. Your senses quicken


    24. And quicken, in all righteousness, the morrow and its mystery that soars upon the Sun’s ascent when I will take a forenoon walk


    25. IN ADDITION, OF COURSE, YOU CAN TRACK YOUR SPENDING USING MICROSOFT MONEY OR QUICKEN


    26. QUICKEN 2006, ONCE YOU PAY A BILL THERE’S NO NEED TO PRINT AND FILE IT


    27. I of course did not get him to admit it because he's a wizard and most times wizards are usually very stubborn (speaking from experience) It will probably take you a long time to have him admit that he loves you but I tried to quicken the process when I had him kiss you when you were in your trances


    28. Brent could see Seven’s pulse start to quicken


    29. 4 "Nathaniel, it is our mission to help men solve their spiritual problems and in this way to quicken their minds so that they may be the better prepared and inspired to go about solving their manifold material problems


    30. 11 I am deeply impressed with the custom of Jesus in going apart by himself to engage in these seasons of solitary survey of the problems of living; to seek for new stores of wisdom and energy for meeting the manifold demands of social service; to quicken and deepen the supreme purpose of living by actually subjecting the total personality to the consciousness of contacting with divinity; to grasp for possession of new and better methods of adjusting oneself to the ever-changing situations of living existence; to effect those vital reconstructions and readjustments of one's personal attitudes which are so essential to enhanced insight into everything worth while and real; and to do all of this with an eye single to the glory of God -- to breathe in sincerity your Master's favorite prayer, "Not my will, but yours, be done

    31. By intelligent symbols man is able to quicken and enlarge the appreciative capacities of his friends


    32. The consciousness of sonship with God should quicken the entire life service of every man, woman, and child who has become the possessor of such a mighty stimulus to all the inherent powers of a human personality


    33. and lucent dew spreads on the earth to quicken


    34. They turn the corner losing sight of the old man and his dog and Suzy tries to quicken their pace; “Slow down a bit will you? Plenty of time


    35. I felt my heartbeat quicken, in spite of the serum that was coursing through my system


    36. first to quicken us out of our state of spiritual death so that we can


    37. I started to quicken my pace when I came to the part of the estate where I felt like someone


    38. The boy’s breathing was beginning to quicken and get heavier, but his endurance was astonishing


    39. “and (appoinT him) an aposTle To The children of israel (wiTh This message): i have come To you wiTh a sign from your lord in ThaT i make for you ouT of clay as iT were The figure of a Bird and BreaThe inTo iT and iT Becomes a Bird By allah’s leave; and i heal Those Born Blind and The lepers and i quicken The dead By allah’s leave; and i declare To you whaT ye eaT and whaT ye sTore in your houses


    40. With a determined and hurried stride indicating his desire to quicken the pace of the investigation, he walked to the lobby and, in the process, noticed how quiet and desolate the grounds appeared, as though the guests had been frightened by the events of the last twenty-four hours into staying inside the safe confines of the building in hopes 174

    41. He felt his heartbeat quicken slightly


    42. would increase, his breath would quicken, and adrenaline would pump


    43. on the twin’s foreheads quicken


    44. The general decided on the second solution and galloped away with his 200 samurai, while the ashigaru officers shouted orders for their men to quicken the pace


    45. quicken my pace, catch up with Aaron, and reach out with my nose to


    46. They would now have to quicken their pace


    47. At the sight of these, Christian Axeworth's pulse seemed to quicken


    48. This had left him close enough to head-butt the man, which he did to quicken the demise


    49. His slow, controlled thrusts lifted her rhythmically from the sand and then he began to quicken his space, thrusting into her inexorably from behind


    50. Notice what he says: the same spirit, that was able to raise Jesus from the dead, can: quicken, energise, activate, and restore your mortal body





































    1. Her heart rate quickened once again


    2. My pulse quickened at the sound of his boot-steps, and with every one of these heightened moments I found myself reciting verses from long forgotten texts


    3. It was a wonderful sight - my mountains! I quickened my pace and made it to the town by nightfall


    4. ” She quickened her pace towards the Hall


    5. The wind was sharpening now so I shoved my hands into my pockets and quickened my pace, darting about and skimming round the corners and making good headway till I turned a corner and almost ran into a large woman chopping wood right in my path


    6. ” They quickened their pace, and bounded up the stairs noisily


    7. Our pace quickened for the final thrust and so we raced, slipping and sliding through scattered sun-bleached tree bark, fragments of branches and odd pieces of driftwood that littered the stony ground until we were close enough to resist it no longer


    8. “You don’t have to do that,” I said as my pulse quickened


    9. His pace only quickened as he pulled out his cell


    10. Valla quickened her pace but said over her shoulder, “Oh, some kid came by looking for you, you traveling with someone? I told him I thought you'd be up to the house sometime so he just wanted to wait

    11. His breathing quickened every time he


    12. She quickened her pace to jump the extra wide irrigation ditch that ran along the right side of the road


    13. had suddenly quickened their pace and were several steps


    14. They’d quickened their pace


    15. X'ander quickened his pace, taking them up the stairs two per step


    16. Then standing up to dry himself, the wind quickened and thrust him legs and arms ‘aflailing back over the rampart edge


    17. He quickened his step and, glancing back, looked out over


    18. It quickened its pace as is rolled over and over gathering speed as it descended


    19. into the square, he quickened his stride to block their


    20. They quickened their pace, but

    21. quickened, then the next thing we hear, she’s fallen ill and died


    22. It occurred to me that Mother hadn’t quickened in three years


    23. If the hermit bedded me for seven years, wouldn’t I have quickened before this?”


    24. When Nerissa quickened again that summer, Tragus was delighted


    25. Ascending the steps to the door, his heart quickened in his chest


    26. But the thief quickened his own pace and had no trouble catching up with the reptilian man


    27. Sebastian’s breath quickened as she moved against him, and he gasped as his hands reached above his head to grip the headboard


    28. My pulse quickened, and I


    29. In the stillness of the duct, Sespian’s quickened breaths stirred the cobwebs


    30. quickened the fire, set on the smallest bowl she could find, and spread

    31. Rounding the corner of the house, she quickened her pace, high heels tapping on the paving stones


    32. It may be further argued that the rapid increase in urban crime, quickened in large measure by the gradual departure of (mostly) working and middle-class families to outlying regions, exacerbated the conditions of those who were unable to exercise similar options


    33. Broshee's heart quickened when she realised that it was in fact a whole line of stars moving low across the sky


    34. The sun had long passed its zenith when Soffen finally reached the outskirts of Brockenhurst Forest and she quickened her pace in anticipation of seeing Darkburst, Broshee and Brock once more– having convinced herself during her return journey that they would be waiting for her when she finally arrived


    35. Grindel's breathing quickened when he realised that he had only to bring these three pieces together to release the energy of Boddaert's Magic and realise his dream, a dream that had become more than life itself


    36. quickened too early or too late!


    37. Indeed Rewe quickened his pace and soon they were walking rather briskly through a series of turns and twists through widening and narrowing tunnels, some crudely cut into the rock and others finely bored with care and precision


    38. Somehow his step quickened, and now a soft whimper from the raft


    39. 1Cor 15:36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:


    40. They quickened their pace as much as their aching legs would

    41. eased to a halt at the Lower Sector7 station, and quickened her


    42. His breath quickened as he looked at her


    43. quickened his pace to reach the door bell


    44. All he knew is that he wanted her to be close to him, that the pace of his heartbeat quickened with every step she took towards him, and how his heart nearly stopped when she wasn’t around


    45. I could hear his quickened heartbeat; feel the thunder that roared within him


    46. His heart quickened as he


    47. new found excitement she quickened her pace to


    48. ” Looking up to the sky she quickened her pace, for the sun had almost completely settled over the horizon


    49. The rain of ashes quickened as the other craft disappeared into the darkening gray veil that slowly enveloped them


    50. “It will be as you have said!” Moshe answered, the seriousness of the assignment indicated by the determined set of his features as he quickened his stride to come abreast of where Moses walked the path of return












































    1. I told myself that I had neither the energy nor the will to worry any more I did still feel a slight chill and quickening of the pulse with every tread of a boot on the ladder outside of my cell, but it was different now


    2. Then slowly quickening, it began to grow in stature and threw aside the sea, coming after the ferry with sinister intent


    3. His tense body and quickening breath served no help, nor did his heaving chest at her back


    4. of a particular move of the Spirit forgets the fresh revelation of Jesus Christ and the quickening encounter with the Holy Spirit


    5. Darkburst pressed forwards, quickening his strokes, but all too soon the last of the air trickled from his mouth and he began to panic


    6. " Quickening the tempo Grindel allowed his voice to rise to a shout again


    7. Grindel wrinkled his snout and stared hard at the floor, the large artery in his neck throbbing in time to his quickening heart-rate


    8. For the sake of the student as well as the community, our schools need to place less emphasis on subjective (or feel good) ―requirements‖ while placing greater emphasis on what should be their most provocative challenge; quickening every child‘s underlying talents and developing them to their fullest potential


    9. Again, what was heard without coming to the attention of others; sometimes felt when all that was occasioned by it was a certain quickening within the body


    10. It also happens that, after every Sad Saturday, early the following morning something occurs that causes a quickening awareness: He’s risen! A joy that I can’t explain wells up

    11. “You’re just making empty promises to avoid ending up in jail,” I said, my heart quickening again


    12. The time of the quickening had come


    13. She is God's quickening


    14. This quickening of the C super


    15. By God's Quickening input


    16. He hurries along the outskirts, heartbeat quickening


    17. Then the men are quickening their pace towards where the trees thin out and the wild regions begin


    18. It is not, as suggested, that God was to cause His Spirit to rest among the exiles to stir their zeal for the rebuilding of the Temple and for the quickening of their hope for the future


    19. quickening to a run, and then to a wild sprint, the pain at the


    20. When I touched him for the first time not in anger, there was quickening, new to my body

    21. yet I felt the wind’s full force, then sensed a quickening descent, a pounding heart within My chest


    22. A quickening shot through his blood as he commenced to twirl the chain


    23. second Initiation is principally concerned with the quickening of the lower


    24. The only sounds she heard were the rock crunching beneath the tires and her own breath, quickening in anticipation of what was to come


    25. Her chest was quickening in the rise and fall but he pulled one ribbon at a time and finally he was on the last one


    26. Eventually, on the third attempt he succeeded, and they led me down another dank corridor, their pace quickening with each and every step


    27. Quickening his pace and with anxiety giving him more adrenalin he leaves Dippa far behind and reaches the shut front door


    28. Regeneration, the new birth, and the quickening power of God are the


    29. but also who is not the cause of this regeneration or quickening


    30. He looked around the nycarmans, his breath quickening and getting louder

    31. made a quickening spirit


    32. Farther below, he counted seven, white-tipped reef sharks quickening their pace, just as the chummed water started filtering through their keen receptors


    33. This constriction which is associated with complete contraction of members and muscles is alternating with full relaxation as well as it is joined mainly with a quickening of the heart‘s pulses to the utmost speed


    34. The silence was complete, save for the rampant thud of his quickening heartbeat


    35. turn again for the quickening to


    36. effect is now quickening and speeding up all the spiritual practises it touches in all my students and throughout the world


    37. “Wes is different,” Riker argued, quickening his pace to keep up with her


    38. and have grown out of quickening water reclamation with existing time-consuming tasks


    39. The Russian went inside, and Jarvis walked on, quickening his pace


    40. Andrew got into the rhythm of things and quickly fired bolt after bolt with a quickening pace

    41. his breath slowly quickening as he suddenly stood up, turned and walked out of the room as if he


    42. Dal fought her quickening pulse, and then she accepted it


    43. This insight requires a quickening of the vibrations of the Mind and is only secured when the mind is continuously concentrated in a given direction


    44. They fell silent as both their breathing shortened, their hand movements quickening


    45. In the distant quickening tremor of my heartbeat


    46. Her breathing was shallow, and she was sure he could feel the way he was affecting her in the irregular rhythm of her chest’s expansions, or in her quickening heartbeat


    47. For half a minute he lay motionless feeling his arousal grow and sensing her steady but quickening breath


    48. The pace was quickening


    49. Her senses soared with elation, her pleasure sensors activated, pulsing energy through her, quickening her responses and delivering a glow to her whole body


    50. + The Quickening (1988) and Whispering Winds of Change (1993)
































    1. As though realising that my confidence is growing, she quickens into a trot


    2. It is in this manner that the demand for men, like that for any other commodity, necessarily regulates the production of men, quickens it when it goes on too slowly, and stops it when it advances too fast


    3. A plentiful subsistence, therefore, it has been concluded, relaxes, and a scanty one quickens their industry


    4. In their extremes, they all cause us to cry out, to make violent motions, to shed tears while our hearts race and our breathing quickens, and our sensitivity to pain is reduced


    5. Ralph’s heart quickens its irregular rhythm as he sees that, next to the well, two women are deep in conversation


    6. 1 And Jesus knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring because of a that and he said to them does this trouble you? What if you should see the Son 3 of man then ascend to the place where he was of old?It is the spirit that quickens and the body profits nothing: the words that I speak to you are spirit 4 and life; But there are some of you who do not believe; And Jesus knew beforehand who they were who should not believe and who it was that should betray 5 him; And he said to them Therefore I said to you No man can come to me if that has not been given him by the Father


    7. And the hawthorn quickens with buds of green,


    8. 4 "My beloved, you must remember that it is the spirit that quickens; the flesh and all that pertains thereto is of little profit


    9. Stef quickens his pace not realising that the blonde watcher recognises him as the smiling motorist from this morning!


    10. In turn, our evolved understanding quickens the development of newer technology and this process continues to accelerate exponentially up to today

    11. Your spirit quickens your body, because if your spirit is withdrawn from your body, the body dies, so your spirit's very important


    12. He invites all, but He quickens whom He will, and brings them to glory


    13. Anthony stands close to me and my pulse quickens


    14. When he kisses me passionately, my pulse suddenly quickens and I forget in an instant that I'm sleepy


    15. My heart begins to race and my breath quickens


    16. (approximately February 10th-11th, 2006) all hell breaks loose as the pace of Armageddon quickens


    17. This quickens your testing cycles and that must be good for your ability to “convert more


    18. Start with a larger dose, and then decrease it, as your healing improves and quickens


    19. As his hands travel over her body, seeking the magic spot, her breath only quickens, and words seems further and further from her


    20. My heart rate quickens

    21. The Royal Essence for the Hair of the Head and Perriwigs, being the most delicate and charming Perfume in Nature, and the greatest Preserver of Hair in the World, for it keeps that of Perriwigs (a much longer Time than usual) in the Curl, and fair Hair from fading or changing Colour, makes the Hair of the Head grow thick, strengthens and confirms its Roots, and effectually prevents it from falling off or splitting at the Ends, makes the Powder continue in all Hair longer than it possibly will, by the use of any other Thing; by its incomparable Odour and Fragrancy it strengthens the Brain, revives the Spirits, quickens the Memory, and makes the Heart chearful, never raises the Vapours in Ladies, & c, being wholly free from (and abundantly more delightful and pleasant than) Musk, Civet, &


    22. With a plan in place, his pace quickens


    23. “The eagerness of a listener quickens the tongue of a narrator


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    Synonyms for "quicken"

    animate quicken reanimate recreate renovate repair revive revivify vivify accelerate speed speed up invigorate whet hurry expedite arouse enliven revitalise revitalize activate spring

    "quicken" definitions

    move faster


    make keen or more acute


    give life or energy to


    show signs of life


    give new life or energy to