Every time your mind begins to adjust to the pace of incoming information, the tempo quickens.

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Picture by picture, we are thrown back into discontinuous feelings that she quickens and manipulates as deftly as a Hitchcock or a Kubrick.

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I'm wondering if that pattern of events changes the timeline at all here, quickens the need for a decision about how to intervene.

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Towards the end, as the pace quickens, the narrative grows clearer.

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Flooring the throttle quickens the pulse and shoves you firmly into the seat, as the car eagerly accelerates from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 5.2 seconds.

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The heartbeat quickens and the stomach knots.

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Walking into one of the best party hotels for the first time is like getting behind the wheel of your first sports car: Your pulse quickens and your palms get damp as you feel the power and potential for endless fun surging through you.

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To keep the sand from blowing away, most courses rake three or four gallons of vegetable oil into each green once or twice a year. (Not too long ago, they used motor oil.) Sand greens are about one-third the speed of grass, but the oil quickens them up a bit, too.

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