I can feel my pulse quickening already.
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Quickening
Synonyms for "quickening" (81 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (24)
double quickdouble timedouble-quickdouble-quick timedriveeasingenergizingenliveningenlivenmentexhilaratingexhilarationexhilarativeexpeditingexpeditionfacilitationfestinationflushforced marchforwardinggetaway
Related words (40)
Adjective(1 words)
hastening effect
Verb(1 words)
speed up
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
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25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
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16 entriesaccelerateaccelerating momentumaccelerationanimatedawakenenlivenfetal flutterfetal kickhastenincreasing speedmoral awakeningspeedupspiritual revivalsprightlysurging pacevivacious
Collocations
17 entriesact of quickeningfetal kickfetal movementfirst fetal movementquicken growthquicken heart ratequicken learningquicken pacequicken speedquickening developmentquickening growthquickening motionquickening pacequickening ratequickening temposense of quickening
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Inflections
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6 total sentences available.
Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.
Source: tatoeba (6086685)
He writes his history upon his field; how many ties, how many resources, he has,—his friendships with his cattle, his team, his dog, his trees, the satisfaction in his growing crops, in his improved fields; his intimacy with nature, with bird and beast, and with the quickening elemental forces; his cooperations with the clouds, the sun, the seasons, heat, wind, rain, frost!
Source: tatoeba (11764922)
If the following guide lose his distance from the one leading (which can only happen by his own fault), he will correct himself by slightly lengthening or shortening a few steps, in order that there may not be sudden quickenings or slackenings in the march of his platoon.
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