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UK
/kwˈɪkənɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈkwɪkənɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈkwɪkənɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
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the process of showing signs of life
the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain - the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
How To Use quickening In A Sentence
- Your first example hearkens back to the idea of quickening — the point at which a woman “feels” a child inside — hardly at the moment of fertilziation, indeed, often not until week 20 or even later depending on how the placenta is situated. Quote
- But there has to be a huge doubt about him reproducing his best form with the ground quickening all the time. The Sun
- I continued to walk, my pace quickening once I was in a somewhat safer place.
- He timed it beautifully, racing at a steady pace before quickening and then finding another gear at the furlong pole. The Sun
- Despite himself, Davis felt a quickening of the old scientific curiosity.
- But there has to be a huge doubt about him reproducing his best form with the ground quickening all the time. The Sun
- Christie's total topped its own presale expectation of up to £ 51.8 million and underscored the role that new, international buyers are playing in the art market's quickening recovery. Christie's Auction Gets Warhol Boost
- Now, that quickening we call interest originates in the nervous system, but is not limited by it.
- From the fingers in which he'd claimed he could already feel the Art quickening beads of power oozed like ectoplasm, bursting in the air. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
- The notion of "quickening" -- when the woman could first sense movement in her womb -- was sometimes used as a dividing line between ethical and unethical abortion. John Backman: Can 'I Don't Know' Break The Abortion Stalemate?
