quicken
verb (used with object)
to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten.
have quickened
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present perfectof quicken.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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While installations have quickened recently, the country remains far behind that target.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025
Time and technology have quickened the pace exponentially.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2021
A few pulses among Kings coaches and management must have quickened when right wing Tyler Toffoli left the ice slowly in the second period Friday after a big hit from the Red Wings' Tomas Tatar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2015
Doubts that such towns will ever be built have quickened the region’s depopulation, under way even before the tsunami.
From Economist ● Feb. 5, 2015
The latter replies that he found and lost his opportunity four years ago, in a woman, who, he feels more and more, would have quickened his energies to better ends.
From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Mrs. Sutherland Orr
