quicken
verb (used with object)
to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten.
is quickening
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present progressiveof quicken (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The pace of diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine is quickening.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
“The pace is quickening, and the number of glaciers experiencing a disequilibrium response is skyrocketing.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
Critics say the corporate concentration is quickening, limiting consumers’ choices, raising prices and eroding service.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 16, 2021
The pace of team owners agitating for gleaming new stadiums — financed by as much public money as they can drum up — is quickening.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2017
It is quickening its pulse to this day in lands and among peoples who never spoke the name of my city and Mary Ellen’s.
From Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
