quickens

present tense third-person singular of quicken
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of quickens When her pace slows and pulse quickens during the race, Kunisch will remember Uncle Kenny's enduring words — lyrics of a plainspoken poet. Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 22 Nov. 2024 Will having a car potentially aid you in making more money which then quickens your path toward purchasing a home? Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024 Love is in the air on the Colorado plains — the kind that makes your heart beat a bit faster, quickens your step and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. Thomas Peipert, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quickens
Verb
  • This consistent, on-demand support enhances employee satisfaction and accelerates return-to-work rates.
    Anant Agarwal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe a romance accelerates or ends suddenly.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Lowering rates may cause inflation and stimulates the economy to hire more.
    Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Fiber helps slow digestion and stimulates the production of satiety hormones.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Perhaps that is what rushes in to fill the vacuum where Meursault’s morality ought to be.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But while the new movie dawdles on its way to Toxie’s origins, then rushes toward a finale with a lurching rhythm that verges on calculated ineptitude, its spirit never feels inauthentic.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The law is flexible in terms of how long the order would last and pushes for those under an order to be connected with resources to help them.
    Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Ned pushes a big red button at the end of the press to see what happens, and nothing does — but then his phone starts blowing up with staffers volunteering to pitch in on his new local reporting initiative.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Quickens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quickens. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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