Her heart had quickened the moment he had turned those dark eyes on her and even now her breathing was uneven. |
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Down the back straight for the last time the pace quickened again and I started to row in rhythm with the horse. |
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His breathing quickened, his breaths shallow and shaky, as if each one might be his last. |
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He bustled Ouija Board into fifth soon after the start and held his position until the field quickened down the back stretch. |
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Unconsciously, he quickened his pace a fraction and caught himself clenching and unclenching his fists as he walked. |
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Although she would not look at him, she was always near at hand, so close that he felt he could feel the quickened beating of her heart. |
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When I came upon the deli, its sign glowing like a beacon in the brumous night, a slight twinge of anticipation quickened my pace. |
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Research quickened in the 1980s as better measuring techniques emerged, notably gas chromatograph-mass spectrometers. |
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My whole temperament is quickened, my understanding sharpened, and all mundane vexations and temptations depart. |
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He could hear the burble of a small stream and quickened his pace, grinning when he saw the water. |
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The pace quickened to a canter as the trail began to open and they rode into a valley. |
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Despite her exhaustion, she quickened her pace, eager to be out in the open air. |
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Two factors quickened the pace of change over the course of American history. |
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The beeping quickened as he watched the electrical current surge higher and higher with a sigh. |
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It was little wonder the advert quickened pulses among members of Edinburgh's close-knit financial community. |
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Some with the greatest access of luster equal the colors of painters, others the fervid flames of sulphur, or fires quickened with oil. |
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He dug his heels into his horse's flanks, and the mare quickened her pace until they reached the gates. |
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Her face crimsoning with fury, Isabella suddenly turned away from her friend and quickened her pace down the road. |
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Once the large community of developmental biologists working on the worm became involved, the pace quickened. |
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The result is a beautiful book whose elegiac tone is quickened by the writer's own warmth and wit. |
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My steps quickened, my stride elongating to keep myself from the echoing sound of my name. |
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So strong were the emanations given off by the intense personal bubble they occupied that I averted my gaze and quickened my pace. |
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Starting to feel desperate, she opened the water bag and drank heavily as her pace quickened. |
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Hormonal changes during pregnancy could have quickened the process, they learned. |
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The bandsmen, all dressed in their serious splendour, played at a determined pace, which quickened the pulse. |
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Like nationalistic impulses elsewhere, the Arab manifestation quickened in the nineteenth century. |
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He heard the raucous shouts and the rhythmic twist of the dance accompaniment as he turned into the alley, and he quickened his pace. |
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In 1773 he became sheriff of Bedford, where an inspection of the local jail quickened his interest in the sufferings of prisoners. |
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Adriana listened without comment, setting herself at a distance from the old pains quickened by his words. |
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We trembled from the initial bolt of lightning to the moment when the quickened corpse stirred, arose and lurched from the laboratory table. |
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When my first baby quickened I was walking up the street carrying a bag of shopping. |
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At the sight of this event, the opponent became worried and quickened his pace into nearly a jog. |
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As he quickened his pace to a jog, he saw a swift shape dart up a curling stairway. |
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A hint of tyre screech indicated we were approaching the limit of adhesion and our heart rates quickened. |
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A leaden stillness descended and slowed their legs, but sight traveled in reverse and was quickened. |
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He kissed her on the back of her neck and her breathing quickened as the goosebumps rose on her skin. |
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Eve quickened her pace as she heard the distant roar of an engine pulling up into the driveway. |
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Then he saw Collingwood's throw arrowing in towards the wicketkeeper, and his stride quickened. |
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A deep rumble came up from the depths of his throat and his breathing quickened. |
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A goat and a couple of mangy dogs sniffed around them, their senses quickened by the smells from the next door kitchen. |
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Your heartbeat's pace has quickened by a large, unhealthy, degree. |
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The rules change that allows the use of disc brakes has helped me hold the Plymouth at the starting line, and the LED Tree has quickened my reaction times. |
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He quickened his pace when the overlook came into view on the ridge ahead. |
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She quickened her eating pace, and audibly swallowed one last time. |
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I quickened the pace of my horse so that I was level with Jason. |
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Her pulse quickened, and her heart started beating even more rapidly. |
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Both sauces looked identical and both were glutinous and shiny as if thickening had been quickened with the addition of cornflour rather than by reduction. |
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Her pace quickened as she heard the motor of a nearby automobile turn on. |
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This is clearly a very close family and his daughter believes, with good cause, that Mr Earnshaw's recovery will be quickened by his being back among his kith and kin. |
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I sat up when I heard the doorbell and my heartbeat quickened as I got to my feet and raced out of my room, down the stairs and stopped at the bottom one. |
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In the second half of the race, the pace quickened and the attacks began. |
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As I read the first paragraph of the letter, my heart rate quickened. |
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She heard the clash of metal and quickened her pace down the trail. |
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The size and weight of the bricks made them easier to work with than earth and stone, so construction quickened. |
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The approach of the deadline quickened our sense of urgency. |
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You saw the way he quickened at Ascot but he just can't do it on this dead ground, it just blunts his speed. |
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The emperor quickened the process of removing military command from governors. |
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Kausch says LaBounty has quickened the pace of change outs on its line of universal processors by incorporating a slot where the jaw set locks into place on the body. |
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That day Arya quickened their pace, keeping the horses to a trot as long as she dared, and sometimes spurring to a gallop when she spied a flat stretch of field before them. |
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After nationalisation in 1948, the pace of rundown quickened. |
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I did not dare to run but quickened my pace, stretching my legs so that I was almost goose-stepping, the Sebastopol Glove held far in front of me, my body hiding it. |
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