crescendo

Example Sentences

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Accompanying Hedda throughout is a choir of scooping notes, which by the film’s chaotic finale crescendo into a slightly horrific melee of wild vocals.

From Los Angeles Times

A crescendo is building, and the Rams might be best to ignore it.

From Los Angeles Times

Its big crescendo, which involves a quiet reading of a letter by an audience member, is more private and personal than magic typically has been.

From New York Times

For my money, one of the night's standout tracks was Body Paint - a swaggering, cinematic ballad from The Car, whose extended crescendo pushed Turner to greater and greater displays of guitar pyrotechnics.

From BBC

That anxiety reached a crescendo on a cold Sunday in December, when one neighbor showed up with a can of bear spray and threatened a church staffer.

From Seattle Times