diminuendo
Example Sentences
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It’s a long crescendo, then it’s an epic climax, then it’s a diminuendo.
From New York Times • Jun. 28, 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
The command of dynamics is so brilliant that a quick series of vertically rising hand claps, phrased as a diminuendo, becomes enchanting.
From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2014
All that happened thereafter, until chances of escape occurred, was in a diminuendo of emotion.
From Caught by the Turks by Yeats-Brown, Francis
Vocabulary lists containing diminuendo
Music - Middle School
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Music - High School
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 1
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