diminuendo
Example Sentences
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For the “Flower Song” from “Carmen,” Tetelman cushions the contours of his phrases, hooks into high notes without breaking the musical line and nails the diminuendo on the high B flat.
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022
Or they are compulsively lifted to the rise of a melody, then put down on the diminuendo.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022
Saints meanwhile are coming off the back of their no-show in the FA Cup semi, and, with relegation a fate unlikely to befall them, face an elongated diminuendo to their season.
From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2021
In Mitchell’s case, the diminuendo was especially long, and his continued expectations for himself much higher.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 20, 2015
The noises that have raved from earth to heaven, from horizon to horizon, are dropping from crescendo to diminuendo.
From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
