diminuendo

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Later, after a short diminuendo featuring Joachim’s gorgeous live singing and those choppy, sampled vocals, the full-band dynamic returns, now with fiery lines from Joachim’s flute.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

The Philharmonic’s other soloists included the soprano Sherezade Panthaki, who scrupulously shaped her music by approaching top notes with a diminuendo.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 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 roar of Rock Island died down in muffled diminuendo, and it seemed mighty good to have that diapason muttering in bafflement astern rather than growling in anticipation ahead.

From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)