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quickened

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The ordeal may have quickened her death, which came that April.

As the pace of change quickened, the youth felt left out, the intellectuals insulted, the bazaaris and clerics threatened.

This circumstance had made her feel a deeper interest in Gilbert, and had quickened her friendship into love.

Miss Watling had quickened her steps, and was now at his side, and as she spoke she looked spitefully back at Dorothy.

This shocking event, however, seems to have quickened the King's resolution to leave Brazil.

Tessas heart quickened, she was angry with herself for thinking of Mr. Gesner.

For there is no intellectual power that is so directly quickened and strengthened by any nourishment as imagination is by wine.

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On this page you'll find 245 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to quickened, such as: abrupt, careless, expeditious, hurried, ill-advised, and impulsive.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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