crescendo
Example Sentences
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By this time, the clamour to stop playing Suryavanshi at the age-group level, even against players five years older than him, had reached a crescendo.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
The troubles reached a crescendo during the live finale when a distraught Tran revealed that the man she had chosen as her husband-to-be, Devin Strader, had ended their engagement a month before the broadcast.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
That could mean investors are in for more pain ahead, as major selloffs typically reach their crescendo as the volatility gauge peaks.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
The moment marked the crescendo of a whirlwind weekend for the president and his team, with Trump using his glitzy Mar-a-Lago residence as a home base for monitoring the unfolding attack.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
As the drums reached a crescendo, three of the girls leapt above the flames, spinning in the air.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing crescendo
"Bonne Annee," Vocabulary from the personal essay
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National Spelling Bee '14: Prelims Round 2
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