quicken
verb (used with object)
to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten.
had been quickening
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past perfect progressiveof quicken.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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In a few moments, during which we had been quickening our pace, we were going over the ground like a hurricane.
From The Life of Kit Carson Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A. by Edward Sylvester Ellis
In a few moments," writes Lieutenant Fremont, "during which we had been quickening our pace, we were going over the ground like a hurricane.
From Christopher Carson by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
