crescendoing
- present participle of crescendo.
Example Sentences
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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
She married Michael Jackson, just as concerns about his behavior with children were crescendoing, and his efforts to remake his face were intensifying.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2023
With power rock chords, crescendoing piano, and operatic heights, "Bat Out of Hell" wasn't like anything anyone had heard before.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2022
“And we wanted each scene to keep progressing and crescendoing bigger and more elaborate.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2021
I miss her laugh, the way it starts like a pianists solo, soft and low and then crescendoing and filling the room.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
