quicken
Example Sentences
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The company needs to quicken its jet production rate to make that happen.
His pulse quickened and he felt his skin prickling with sweat.
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Natalie felt her pulse quicken as she came back to her old, familiar topic.
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“Even if that were true, what would you do with Wall Street?” said Boaz, quickening his pace.
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As the artificial-intelligence race intensifies, the speed with which the world’s biggest chip companies roll out each successive generation of computing products is quickening.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.