My interest quickened as I looked at each face in turn.

Daniel's interest quickened as he saw the balled up sheet of paper in his hand.

She had not felt deprived, but now her interest was quickening.

Anxiety and interest in him quickened my senses, I suppose.

But his interest quickened as he saw the girl in the second chariot.

And just as I had hoped, his interest quickened.

His interest quickened as, beyond the white, he saw a slender crescent of shadow pass across the face.

But the interest of the moment, a premonition of events to be, quickened her into action.

She glanced idly through the window and her interest quickened.

His voice had a resonance to it and Sean's interest quickened.