crescendo
Example Sentences
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On the album closer, Strength In Me, she repeats the line "I know I'm gonna survive this" over and over as the music swells in a thrilling crescendo.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 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
"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 • Feb. 25, 2026
A situation or apiece of music builds to a climax, not to a crescendo.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing crescendo
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National Spelling Bee '14: Prelims Round 2
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