She had the odd twinge of sensation but not the slow crescendo of pleasure he was supposed to be inducing.

As he spoke, Mr. Spader raised his voice in a slow crescendo, as though playing to the cheap seats.

Amen.2) There is a slow crescendo and Part I ends with a loud yell.

But it led into Mr. Anderson's "Silence Is the Question," a lovely piece built on a simple repeating chord sequence in a continual slow crescendo.

As the quartet's sound slowly broadens, the orchestra enters with a handful of chordal wallops, then falls silent for a moment before beginning a slow crescendo.

A slow, Kabuki-like crescendo of thunderous drumming compels the chattering to stop at the start of each play.

Croft and Sim share lead vocals, which occasionally overlap in call and response interplay and slow crescendos.

She reached over and punched up the volume-no sense in that slow crescendo if she was already awake-and threw off the covers in one angry gesture.

The High Priest's voice rose in a long, slow crescendo and he suddenly leveled one arm at Kalten and Mirtai.

Sometimes there were three or four related stand-alone themes within one piece, featuring slow crescendos, and solos that turned without pause into sudden ensemble melodies.