crescendoes
- present tense form of crescendo (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Near the end of the song, Erivo’s voice crescendoes from delicate notes to a strong and resounding riff that moves her audience to their feet.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023
TAOYUAN, Taiwan — As the batter steps to the plate, the clamor crescendoes, a rhyming, thumping chant, often tailored to his name.
From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2018
I have heard performances in which this third part of the song just descends into complete anarchy: weird warping crescendoes, cymbal crashes; atonal static from Mars, lizard music.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2015
As the crew struggles to replace it, the storm crescendoes, plucking 's anchor from the seabed twice before it can be secured again.
From Nature • Sep. 4, 2013
Sections 5 and 6, the monologue of Wisdom, are cast in quatrains, but as the monologue crescendoes to its climax the quatrains 'augment' to 5, 6, 7 lines.
From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green
