Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: quickening
IPA transcription: [kw'ɪkənɪŋ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: quickening
    Meaning: the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"
Usage examples
  • "My dear sir," said Scrooge, quickening his pace, and taking the old gentleman by both his hands.
  • 'My dear sir,' said Scrooge, quickening his pace, and taking the old gentleman by both his hands, 'how do you do?
  • Invisible, imponderable, quickening with vigorous motion, slackening in rest and sleep, passing quite away in death, it is the most obvious sign of life.
  • The old mare could go fast enough when required--that is when Zeb required her and he had a mode of quickening her speed--known only to himself, and only employed upon extraordinary occasions.
  • Garth, in white flannels, wearing a green tie and a button-hole of primroses, lay back luxuriously, enjoying, with his rapidly quickening senses, the scent of the flowers and the touch of the sun-beams.