1. quickening

noun. ['ˈkwɪkənɪŋ'] the process of showing signs of life.

Rhymes with Quickening

• thickening
• sickening
• chickening

Sentences with quickening

1. Noun, singular or mass
The sensation of butterfly flutters in the stomach is called quickening.

2. Verb, gerund or present participle
Switch between jogging and fast-paced running, quickening your running pace each time for five minutes at a time.

Quotes about quickening

1. The ever quickening advances of science made possible by the success of the Human Genome Project will also soon let us see the essences of mental disease. Only after we understand them at the genetic level can we rationally seek out appropriate therapies for such illnesses as schizophrenia and bipolar disease.
- James D. Watson

2. There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
- Martha Graham

3. Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.
- James Russell Lowell

2. quickening

noun. ['ˈkwɪkənɪŋ'] the act of accelerating; increasing the speed.

3. quickening

noun. ['ˈkwɪkənɪŋ'] the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus.