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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
crescendo .
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Examples
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The pain crescendoed, spiking in her toes and fingers, an exquisite throbbing that echoed the pounding of her heart.
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The boiling water crescendoed, then the kettle clicked off, leaving a thick silence.
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The war is what sparked Webb's candidacy, and it gave him a national platform, which crescendoed in a narrow victory over Sen. George Allen R.
Webb's decision to retire surprises few who know him best Christian Davenport 2011
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The men were still exquisite, postured with their arms draped over their heads in stillness or lunging and leaping in wild fits as the Tchaikovsky score crescendoed.
Susan Eley: Hooters to Swan Lake During One Week in New York Susan Eley 2010
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But the fearmongering has crescendoed to a new low during coverage of the Japan tragedies.
Bill Mann: Cable, Broadcast TV Cynics Fearlessly Mine Public Fears Bill Mann 2011
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The men were still exquisite, postured with their arms draped over their heads in stillness or lunging and leaping in wild fits as the Tchaikovsky score crescendoed.
Susan Eley: Hooters to Swan Lake During One Week in New York Susan Eley 2010
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“Free doughnut holes?” she started out quiet, then gradually crescendoed.
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But the fearmongering has crescendoed to a new low during coverage of the Japan tragedies.
Bill Mann: Cable, Broadcast TV Cynics Fearlessly Mine Public Fears Bill Mann 2011
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News of Shake Shack trying to expand into other New York neighborhoods (with varying degrees of success) has crescendoed in recent months, and Shake Shack is set to open locations in other U.S. cities, plus a trifecta of Shake Shacks in the Middle East.
Shake Shack Headed To DC: Where Else Is Danny Meyer's Burger Joint? 2010
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As the battle over health-care reform crescendoed last month, President Obama let slip that he was still making time for some side reading.
For Obama and past presidents, the books they read shape policies and perceptions 2010
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