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Meanings of crescendo in English
Catalan
apujar-se Antonyms
Examples for "decrescendo"
Examples for "decrescendo"
1
He made a decrescendo tinkling, and his lofty features lapsed into their normal mournfulness.
2
The decrescendo movement of another business cycle had begun.
3
The crescendo and decrescendo are the means employed in music for the portrayal of this manifestation of emotional life.
4
When she sustains her voice for a couple of bars, I am quite surprised at the beauty of her crescendo and decrescendo.
5
He had a slow, rather ponderous speech, with deep gurgling gutturals and a decrescendo laugh, slipping farther and farther down into his larynx.
Usage of crescendo in English
1
It will come to a crescendo today when the team plays Portugal.
2
Things crescendo to the point where the trio must interview personal bodyguards.
3
As I mentioned earlier, his Imax sequences are wonders of crescendo action.
4
He leads up to his crisis with a gradual crescendo of emotion.
5
The crescendo pedal, as it is called, is little used in England.
6
We musicians can feel the crescendo coming from the first mounting bars.
7
He felt the forces within him reach a crescendo at that moment.
8
A chorus of violas churning away together in a long, distant crescendo.
9
Whilst Barkilphedro spoke, Gwynplaine, in a crescendo of stupor, remembered the past.
10
Rome had been watching a crescendo that had mounted with the years.
11
Hackworth spilled into the room abruptly as the drumming reached a crescendo.
12
On he sang, until finally the song rose to a triumphant crescendo:
13
Her voice had a crescendo of vehemence up to this last name.
14
They may make a fine crescendo with it, but that is all.
15
Facebook Twitter Pinterest The show built towards a crescendo of fantastical eveningwear.
16
Begin single tones piano, make a long crescendo and return to piano.
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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