That musical composition had one loud crescendo after another. From LearnThat.org.
But credit continued to tighten, reaching a short-term crescendo with the near-death of Bear Stearns. From Wordnik.com. [Libor Is Down, but Don't Put Stock in That] Reference
In music, a crescendo is a gradual volume increase, and a decrescendo is a gradual volume decrease. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
My way of showing Amsterdam was to work slowly up to a grand crescendo effect; and the crescendo was the Ryks Museum. From Wordnik.com. [The Chauffeur and the Chaperon] Reference
USATODAY. com - Course reaches natural 'crescendo' at No. 18. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Course reaches natural 'crescendo' at No. 18] Reference
"We're just telling the stories that interest us, we're not trying to build up to any kind of crescendo," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Southland Takes Advantage of Full Season with "More Refined" Storytelling] Reference
If you notice a "crescendo" or buildup of pain across sessions that worsens or seems to linger on, you may have an injury, says Dr. Reider. From Wordnik.com. [Senior Play: The Graying] Reference
Left 4 Dead 2's "crescendo" moments will all be unique to each of its maps. From Wordnik.com. [GamePro.com] Reference
In contrast, Baroque music's dynamics were mostly uniform, either piano or forte, but without effects such as crescendo or diminuendo. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]
"crescendo" of police pressure led her to accuse an innocent man. From Wordnik.com. [The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front] Reference
"crescendo" of police pressure that led her to accuse an innocent man. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The shouts for Mahadev were now reaching a crescendo. From Wordnik.com. [The Ageing Beaver] Reference
Whispers in the courtroom rose to a crescendo of murmurs. From Wordnik.com. [The Reeducation of Abu Jandal] Reference
In cyberland, a crescendo of utterly abandoned discourse. From Wordnik.com. [The Year Of The Tear] Reference
Loud cheering baas rising to a crescendo, abruptly cut-off. From Wordnik.com. [In the Jaws of Kronos, scene 4] Reference
It was coming to an end, a crescendo had passed or was surely nigh. From Wordnik.com. [t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff] Reference
I like to build it, and build it into a maddening, exciting crescendo. From Wordnik.com. [Soul Legend Isaac Hayes, From 'Shaft' To 'Chef'] Reference
The current crisis took an unusually long time to reach its crescendo. From Wordnik.com. [Did Lehman’s Fall Matter?] Reference
We went south, way south and got there as things were at their crescendo. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier's Journey: Michael Mundell] Reference
Whether it's loud or soft in a particular place, where a crescendo builds. From Wordnik.com. [Jennifer Higdon And Me: A Musical Friendship] Reference
It was here that the age-old argument over race reached toward its crescendo. From Wordnik.com. [Echoes of Lincoln] Reference
In an unscripted crescendo, Blair restated his 'irreducible core' of beliefs '. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair's Popularity Problem] Reference
When they sing in tandem, it's as thrilling as any guitar-driven rock crescendo. From Wordnik.com. [Review of Mountain Man's album ÂMade the Harbor'] Reference
As Dean built to a crescendo, Kim appeared alarmed and agitated, the sources said. From Wordnik.com. [The Borowitz Report: Kim Jung-Il Terrified by Dean] Reference
They say the battle reached the shattering crescendo or the senator's speech reached the crescendo. From Wordnik.com. [Italian: The Language That Sings] Reference
On his first jump, Harada did fly, seemingly carried upward by a crescendo of horns and noisemakers. From Wordnik.com. [Wild In The Snow] Reference
MONTAGNE: Let me ask you to suggest a piece of music that would embody the true meaning of crescendo. From Wordnik.com. [Italian: The Language That Sings] Reference
The rest of the 80-minute play is a crescendo of disclosures and closures, confessions and accusations. From Wordnik.com. [Phantoms In The Dark] Reference
Closet doors opened, shut, and the crescendo of noise approached like footsteps falling in a hallway. From Wordnik.com. [The Insured] Reference
This year the third debate had the highest rating, which indicates a crescendo of interest almost Victorian. From Wordnik.com. [ELECTION, NOT CANONIZATION] Reference
I can still remember the metallic crescendo the adding machine played when the cashier tallied the order total. From Wordnik.com. [Happy birthday to the barcode] Reference
And the entire movement is one large crescendo, and it starts very low, in the basses where it's barely audible. From Wordnik.com. [Mark O'Connor's Symphonic America] Reference
The afternoon crowd swelled by around dinnertime, and ebbed a little before hitting crescendo again by early evening. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from De Imitatio Calembouri] Reference
Obama & Co. are still getting intensely negative reviews in the media, which has reached a crescendo of second-guessing. From Wordnik.com. [Has Obama Hit Bottom?] Reference
Only a very foolhardy film-maker would contemplate a crescendo after such a spectacular start and Jan Kounen doesn't attempt this. From Wordnik.com. [Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky] Reference
The grumbling, groaning and moaning reached such a crescendo that another meeting in the gazebo was necessary to sort it all out. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Park (Part II)] Reference
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