crescendo
Example Sentences
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As his deceit becomes apparent, the music shifts from crisp hip-hop beats to a hard-boiled film noir crescendo.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 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 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
The real blockbuster is the spectacle playing out in Venice, where the standoff is reaching a crescendo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
This tiny drumming, at first almost inaudible, mounts and swells, is repeated twelve . times in a continuous twelve-minute crescendo.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing crescendo
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