quicken
verb (used with object)
to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten.
was quickening
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past progressiveof quicken.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"My pulse was quickening as I was unwrapping the bubble," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
In 1950, Princess Elizabeth had her second child, Princess Anne, but the pace of her life as a representative of the royal family was quickening.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
The timeline was quickening, tightening; there were certain days on which we’d all lived through centuries.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2017
The pace of the presidential campaign was quickening.
From Time Magazine Archive
He started to go down, then stepped aside to let his visitor precede him, at the same time glancing seaward to where the dark flaw of wind was quickening the water.
From A Son Of The Sun by Jack London
