Example Sentences

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The scenes that follow are long decrescendos; always, by the end, her energy is depleted.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2022

The crescendos and decrescendos of Nas’ ”One Mic” exhibit a true musician’s grasp of how volume and intensity work in concert to create atmosphere.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2021

Still, decisions about crescendos and decrescendos, tempo, and score reading have to be made, but there are endless possibilities for vocalizing and playing these child-centered compositions.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

The whole entertainment, music, colours, costumes, songs, dances, and all, is as nicely arranged in its crescendos and decrescendos, its prestos and adagios as a Mozart finale.

From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl