| Asha waited expectantly, with a trace of fear and curiosity, her heartbeat quickening slightly at the prospect. |
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| Her doctor said, Yes, she's out of the woods, with a quickening and lightening of his voice. |
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| The imaginary quickening, marks the period when our ancestors believed the foetus to become endued with life and soul. |
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| When they had all passed, she went back out on the road and continued onwards, quickening the horses pace to a trot. |
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| It also says recent RBOC announcements about fiber and TV reflect a quickening of interest in the U.S. over the past six months. |
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| I continued to walk, my pace quickening once I was in a somewhat safer place. |
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| And though he is never less than insightful, it's tempting to divine a special quickening when Heaney writes about his countrymen. |
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| Now, that quickening we call interest originates in the nervous system, but is not limited by it. |
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| Once we're into the second hour, Pollack ratchets up the pace a few notches and we notice a quickening of the pulse. |
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| The last spiritual awakening and quickening must go hand in hand with the total restoration of all things. |
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| You are also working to increase your blood supply, with your pulse quickening by 10-15 beats per minute. |
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| World temperatures have increased by around 0.7°C since the advent of the industrial era-and the rate of increase is quickening. |
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| But the joyful melodies that should break out with a sense of springtime quickening never quite took flight. |
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| Curious that in the subzero temperatures of Davos, the round's pulse may be quickening. |
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| They heard the engine revving and the quickening beat of the rotors. |
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| Instead the pace at which he is running out of friends seems to be quickening. |
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| Free radicals are responsible, amongst other causes, for quickening the aging process of our cells. |
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| In Chinese astrology the Year of the Tiger denotes a time of quickening change, hardship, uncertainty and of opportunities for the taking. |
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| Will quickening the pace at which fertility rates are declining help address these realities? |
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| The quickening pace of change has allowed Arkema to significantly improve our profitability and to surpass our financial performance targets. |
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| The third industrial revolution that we are witnessing, and the many forms of globalization accompanying it, are quickening the pace of history. |
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| Sadly, as this policy outlines, there is already strong evidence of a quickening erosion of these basic principles. |
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| She scrambled away, her heartbeat suddenly quickening in fear. |
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| Historically, so far as I can understand, periods of spiritual quickening and revival have gone in hand with God's people coming together to pray. |
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| Despite himself, Davis felt a quickening of the old scientific curiosity. |
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| While there have always been standard elementary and high school works about Lincoln, there seems to be a quickening of these works as Lincoln's bicentennial approaches. |
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| I shifted and put the casing in my pocket, and when I did, I felt a quickening from my stomach to my jaw. |
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| Still, the contenders' pulses will be quickening this morning. |
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| He mentions the sleeplessness that accompanies the days and nights of hard work of those times, and a tenseness and quickening of tempo in the performance of tasks. |
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| With the quickening evolution of the contemporary life style, the shrinking time for meal preparation, general inactivity, and the soul of meals now demands more than ever some practical, balanced solutions. |
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| One is the quickening pace of globalization, which is changing the nature, volume and urgency of the demands on all states' intelligence agencies. |
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| He asserted that the pace of globalization was quickening and that its impact on business organization and practice would continue to grow. |
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| However, these figures reflect a quickening in activity in the second half of 1997 and the first half of 1998, followed by a relative slowdown in the second half of the year. |
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| They would give rise to a quickening of the pace of reduction of the debt. |
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| The quickening pace of species extinction is largely driven by the degradation and destruction of natural habitats such as forests, wetlands, and grasslands. |
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| His heart quickening for a moment in a muddle of protest and shame. |
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| We expect the Chinese authorities to countenance a moderate quickening in the pace of renminbi appreciation in 2007, in turn setting the stage for renewed yen strengthening. |
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| Flash estimates of euro-zone economic activity showed a quickening downturn in February, ruining hopes that the slower pace of contraction in January might represent green shoots. |
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| This growth is slackening somewhat and shows no signs of quickening. |
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| A quickening in the pace of economic and financial integration, combined with a lessening of confidence by Euro. citizens in European institutions, represents a dangerous scenario for the future of the European Union. |
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| The Asian Financial Crisis gave much impetus to the quickening pace of East Asian cooperation. |
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| While the quickening pace of productivity growth was fairly general across countries and sectors, a significant part of the acceleration at the euro-area level seems to be due to improvements in the private sector in Germany. |
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| It may indeed be said that these days brought on a high quickening of Maisie's direct percptions, of her sense of freedom to make out things for herself. |
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| Quickening his stride, he outsprinted Able Prince, with Scintillation nearly two lengths behind in third. |
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