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

He reached a crescendo with his characterization of the government being taken over by "demonic forces":

From Salon

Both of those 1980s-era properties crescendoed over four films, with initial ticket sales for each new offering exceeding the last.

From New York Times

Ladine canned all five of her fourth-quarter shots, with the crescendo from the Alaska Airlines Arena crowd rising before and after each basket.

From Seattle Times