Examples of 'picked up speed' in a sentence

Meaning of "picked up speed"

picked up speed: When an object, person, or process 'picks up speed,' it means that they are accelerating or gaining momentum at a faster rate

How to use "picked up speed" in a sentence

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picked up speed
Sirio soon picked up speed and escaped.
Output in industry and construction picked up speed.
The train picked up speed out of town.
My eyes widened and my heart picked up speed.
My anxiety picked up speed again during college.
And then the thing picked up speed.
Then he picked up speed in his thrusts.
She hit a tree as the car picked up speed.
My heart picked up speed at the sound of his words.
But my heart still picked up speed.
It picked up speed and was last seen as it disappeared behind buildings.
The express train picked up speed gradually.
The atoms which are in the vessel will have picked up speed.
That movement has picked up speed in recent years.
My whole body came alive and my heart picked up speed.

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The ball picked up speed.
You could have added some fuel and picked up speed.
The wave picked up speed.
But we have encountered some problems as our economy has picked up speed.
Theapproachingstorm has picked up speed and intensity.
Then they picked up speed and became a massive submarine avalanche.
The sermon and the ceremony picked up speed.
And picked up speed.
I bent down and picked up speed.
We picked up speed.
It was as if the world picked up speed.
The smallest dove picked up speed and found some rice scattered beneath a banyan tree.
Michael has also picked up speed.
Yoda picked up speed and passed the other two Council members.
The approaching storm has picked up speed and intensity.
Homeschooling became an underground movement, but has picked up speed.
It had not picked up speed.
Inuyasha's eyes went wide and his heart rate picked up speed.
His blood picked up speed.
Muskaan was surprised at what he said, her heart beat had picked up speed.
It rapidly picked up speed.
Throughout the last three years, the change to smartphones has truly picked up speed.
Innovation picked up speed.
In the third quarter, the Canadian economy picked up speed.
The Mardu horde picked up speed as the oasis came into view.
It does seem to have picked up speed.
Hit the axe, picked up speed when it hit the kettle.
Zhou Xinqi gritted her teeth and picked up speed.
Grab this guy, he picked up speed the second he saw us.
She fell back into me moaning as I picked up speed.
Not least, exports have picked up speed since the middle of the year.
The administrative review, although slow in getting started, has picked up speed and gone well.
My heart picked up speed at the sound of Carla's voice.
It rolled and it picked up speed.
A hurricane's picked up speed and power and is heading for Georgia.

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