crescendo
Example Sentences
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"The main difficulty is respecting the score's crescendo and keeping your energy and strength intact until the big leaps, when your legs start to burn," he said.
From Barron's
Despite the crescendo of complaints at East Montana, none have resonated publicly as much as the death of Lunas Campos.
From Salon
The real blockbuster is the spectacle playing out in Venice, where the standoff is reaching a crescendo.
From Davos to Munich and across the capitals of the old Continent, the clamor is rising to a crescendo.
But as Bentley started assembling the picture, he realized that “Train Dreams” reached a more emotional crescendo earlier, when Robert goes up in a biplane, crucial memories suddenly flooding through him.
From Los Angeles Times
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