Used in a Sentence

crescendo

How to use crescendo in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for crescendo.

Editorial note

Gradual crescendo, makes you feel pumped up to get going...

Examples11
Definitions3
Parts of speech3

Quick take

(music) a gradual increase in loudness

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of crescendo gathered in one view.

noun

(music) a gradual increase in loudness

verb

grow louder; "The music crescendoes here"

adjective

gradually increasing in volume

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for crescendo.

noun

(music) a gradual increase in loudness

verb

grow louder; "The music crescendoes here"

adjective

gradually increasing in volume

Example sentences

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Gradual crescendo, makes you feel pumped up to get going...

2

The only part of this "deep note" that I like is the very end; top of the crescendo.

3

This comment's sales pitch tone really comes to a crescendo around "Have you had a chance to look into dweet?

4

It’s only that now it is accelerating toward a crescendo.

5

The Snowden case has been high drama, with its recent crescendo with Miranda's detention.

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When Bell Labs got too ambitious they produced C++, not a change in tone, but a crescendo of everything they have been doing.

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Upon opening the package, an angelic choir started to sing, and reached a crescendo as I laid this cable on my stereo system.

8

When the idolizing puff journalism and self-congratulation of industry heads reach a deafening crescendo, it's time to brace yourself.

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Identical story to the Demonoid bust:The nightmare week for Demonoid has just reached a huge crescendo, with news coming out of Ukraine that following a massive DDoS attack the site has now been busted by local authorities.

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The author built up a rising crescendo against the "bullshit" inherent in print/web media, throwing major publishers with immense readership under the bus, and then offered no solution to follow up with...except the most anticlimactic, unhelpfully vague call to arms: "Less bullshit, more real shit."Oh.

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And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important.” - Gary Provost

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use crescendo in a sentence?

Gradual crescendo, makes you feel pumped up to get going...

What does crescendo mean?

(music) a gradual increase in loudness

What part of speech is crescendo?

crescendo is commonly used as noun, verb, adjective.