Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crescendoed
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Crowell’s version peaked in intensity at the bridge and then dropped in volume by the end; Schwarz beefed up the back end, keeping the energy at peak volume to the very finish.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025 -
Having probably peaked in late 2024, the sun is now thought to be on the wane, but as well as yet to be proven (there may be a double peak), the finest aurora displays often occur in the few years after solar maximum.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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At the same time, the increasingly visual nature of modern life—especially on social media—has intensified how weddings are experienced.—
Sara Radin,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, Israel intensified its attacks on the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, hitting commercial and residential areas in Beirut.—
Bassem Mroue,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Boxing scenes in movies, other than in a handful of classics, tend to start to look all the same, a mishmash of beads of sweat and blood and jowels distended, all fists flying and battering as two men catapult and careen across the ring.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
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My stomach wasn't distended anymore.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Regardless of how the capsule lands, five giant airbags will be inflated with helium at the top of the capsule to help keep it upright as recovery crews work to secure the spacecraft and prepare to extract the astronauts.—
Tom Costello,
NBC news,
10 Apr. 2026
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The rapid, relentless, exponential expansion of the Universe took whatever entropy might have pre-existed within a specific region of space — occupying a certain volume of space — and inflated that volume to tremendous quantities.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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Exercise heightened caution during this period.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Delays in finalizing a deal between City Hall and the Olympics committee have heightened those tensions.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Crescendoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crescendoed. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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