When the orchestra began its decrescendo and the music softened, the actors knew it was their cue to walk out on stage. From LearnThat.org.
The decrescendo movement of another business cycle had begun. From Wordnik.com. [A Brief History of Panics and Their Periodical Occurrence in the United States] Reference
He closed his eyes, allowing the harmonies to decrescendo into silence. From Wordnik.com. [String Theory, Book 3: Evolution] Reference
My husband says our name for each other over and over, in a slow decrescendo. From Wordnik.com. [My Crush on Daniel Ortega] Reference
The cry of birds grew faint, a rapid decrescendo to something less than a whisper. From Wordnik.com. [Record of a Living Being] Reference
And in spite of all this, you were subject to feelings of mournfulness, of decrescendo?. From Wordnik.com. [An Autobiography]
And then an abrupt decrescendo: Daryl, I can assure you that the last thing I am is racist on this. From Wordnik.com. [Host] Reference
The others reflected some sort of mental echo, but its decrescendo was too distant to bear meaning. From Wordnik.com. [The Art Thief] Reference
Real peaches play a decrescendo of subtle fruit and nut notes during its fading moments in the mouth. From Wordnik.com. [You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » Land of vodka and honey] Reference
Buffalo hall to stand at the door that he might judge the effect of a certain decrescendo from a choir. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
Triumphantly, with an exclamation mark, he points out a diminuendo sign and a decrescendo in the passage. From Wordnik.com. [Early Music: An Exchange] Reference
In any case, the smooth descent implied by the notation, the A coming out of the B to make a continuous decrescendo, is not attainable. From Wordnik.com. [Early Music: An Exchange] Reference
Jokes and laughter flowed out in the stern-faced master's wake, the sound of it not deadened or dragged down by the steady decrescendo of time. From Wordnik.com. [Time Streams]
A descending passage, as a return to tranquillity, requires a decrescendo. From Wordnik.com. [For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music] 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
The Sonata's brakes lacked the decrescendo I've come to expect from, well, every other car I've ever driven. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Cars] Reference
When she sustains her voice for a couple of bars, I am quite surprised at the beauty of her crescendo and decrescendo. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01] Reference
Perpetuum mobile (1963) also uses serial elements and, with its crescendo / decrescendo structure, is Pärt's "Bolero.". From Wordnik.com. [Dusty Wright's Culture Catch - Smart, Pop Culture Podcasts & Written Reviews - Arts & Entertainment] Reference
This way of life is metonymized in the image (stock footage?) of a single jalopy crashing down a hill to a semi-comic decrescendo. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
But when the tweets, texts, and celebrity endorsements decrescendo, charities are left with a daunting challenge - keeping people interested. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
He had a slow, rather ponderous speech, with deep gurgling gutturals and a decrescendo laugh, slipping farther and farther down into his larynx. From Wordnik.com. [Shandygaff] Reference
During the final bars of an arrangement of Barber's adagio, several members turned toward the back of the stage to further the gentle decrescendo. From Wordnik.com. [timesunion.com: Local Breaking News] Reference
The dynamic shading of the verse is elastic, and a variety of forms is possible, a decrescendo at the close of the verse is not unusual (cf. Table VIII.). From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.] Reference
Each member seemed entirely immersed with each crescendo and decrescendo, moving around and rocking out as much or more as anyone in the now-packed audience. From Wordnik.com. [MuchMusic.com | Blog] Reference
That one decrescendo,” late in the movement, “you can’t do on a contrabassoon.”. From Wordnik.com. [Audio: The contrabassoon vs. contraforte] Reference
The crescendo and decrescendo are the means employed in music for the portrayal of this manifestation of emotional life. ". From Wordnik.com. [For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music] Reference
Then on the 3rd line, sing a decrescendo. From Wordnik.com. [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference
Crescendo and decrescendo. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
There’s been a steady decrescendo. From Wordnik.com. [Flowering Wilderness] Reference
Fixed dynamic marks (piano, forte etc.), crescendo, decrescendo. From Wordnik.com. [Wil's Ebay E-Store] Reference
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