Sentence examples for built to a crescendo from inspiring English sources

Fans' questions inevitably built to a crescendo.

It started quietly and slowly built to a crescendo as she started to play better.

By March 28, the first doubts about the Pentagon's strategy had built to a crescendo in Washington.

On Saturday, PJ Harvey, fresh from her Mercury prize success, gave a mesmerising performance that built to a crescendo with an anthemic version of "Meet Ze Monsta".

The 100 or so hours beginning with the arrest of Jerry Sandusky, a former defensive coordinator for the football team, had built to a crescendo by that Wednesday night's meeting of the trustees.

The tent was crowded, and loud, and from my vantage, near the back, it was even more difficult than usual to discern which horse was which, but, inevitably, everyone yelled encouragement at the distant TV, and the noise built to a crescendo in the final ten or fifteen seconds, before giving way to a collective sigh.

Nothing much happens, but this is a remarkable journey and one that builds to a crescendo.

IT begins with a solitary yap, then builds to a crescendo of barks, howls, whimpers and growls.

"Heaven" builds to a crescendo, with percussion crashes and harp trills; if this is the music of apocalypse, it's quite lovely.

"But we also know that the Academy Awards build to a crescendo for Best Picture, and we'll be off the air by then".

You don't build to a crescendo of happiness, it comes and goes, but the only thing I believe is that on Sept. 11 he was happy.