diminuendo
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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
In Limonov, as a writer in search of a narrative line, Carrère struggles with this diminuendo.
From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2014
A whistle sounded––a greeting to the men upon the bridge––and then the uproar died away in a long diminuendo among the sombre pines.
From The Greater Power by Dunton, W. Herbert
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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