(music) a gradual increase in loudness
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...
Quick take
(music) a gradual increase in loudness
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of crescendo gathered in one view.
grow louder; "The music crescendoes here"
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
Gradual crescendo, makes you feel pumped up to get going...
The only part of this "deep note" that I like is the very end; top of the crescendo.
This comment's sales pitch tone really comes to a crescendo around "Have you had a chance to look into dweet?
It’s only that now it is accelerating toward a crescendo.
The Snowden case has been high drama, with its recent crescendo with Miranda's detention.
When Bell Labs got too ambitious they produced C++, not a change in tone, but a crescendo of everything they have been doing.
Upon opening the package, an angelic choir started to sing, and reached a crescendo as I laid this cable on my stereo system.
When the idolizing puff journalism and self-congratulation of industry heads reach a deafening crescendo, it's time to brace yourself.
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.
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.
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.