diminuendo

Example Sentences

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The Philharmonic’s other soloists included the soprano Sherezade Panthaki, who scrupulously shaped her music by approaching top notes with a diminuendo.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2022

Seems to me that that last exchange between Paige and Elizabeth wasn't just a random diminuendo.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2017

In Mitchell’s case, the diminuendo was especially long, and his continued expectations for himself much higher.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 20, 2015

As each wave rolls in—booming, roaring, growling, hissing—I listen to its voice: the unique contours of its rising and falling, its singular crescendo and diminuendo.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2015

Don Alfonso took advantage of the diminuendo to say:— "Julita, I adore you; I love you more than my life...."

From Maximina by Palacio Valdés, Armando