Example Sentences

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As someone who works in food, I see two main reasons behind all this crescendoing pressure.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

Vampire is just as good, masquerading as a piano ballad before Rodrigo unleashes on the titular blood-sucker with a series of venomous put-downs and crescendoing high notes.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023

But the squalor and petty crime that she sees as crescendoing on some city streets — her office has been broken into four times during the coronavirus pandemic — has tested her liberal outlook.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2022

Musgraves started her set boldly, with the sweeping Spanish guitar of the album’s title track crescendoing as a giant metal heart ignited in flames behind her.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2022

And the night behind them was filled with the crescendoing sound of pursuit....

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman