The pain crescendoed, spiking in her toes and fingers, an exquisite throbbing that echoed the pounding of her heart. ❋ Unknown (2009)
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. ❋ Christian Davenport (2011)
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 (2010)
The boiling water crescendoed, then the kettle clicked off, leaving a thick silence. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But the fearmongering has crescendoed to a new low during coverage of the Japan tragedies. ❋ Bill Mann (2011)
“Free doughnut holes?” she started out quiet, then gradually crescendoed. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Each buzzing voice crescendoed tunelessly to a jerky, insistent fortissimo until an entire chorus buzzed at full blast, comfortably off pitch from one another. ❋ Susan Gilbert-Collins (2010)
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. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Lily knelt beside a flower bed, and the chimes crescendoed. ❋ Sarah Beth Durst (2010)
The photo faded, and the song crescendoed in the last verse. ❋ Jeri Smith-Ready (2010)
As the battle over health-care reform crescendoed last month, President Obama let slip that he was still making time for some side reading. ❋ Unknown (2010)
As everyone prepared for final relaxation, the Fugees crescendoed from the speakers and on our backs, with eyes closed, the whole class proceeded to spontaneously and emphatically belt out the entirety of "Killing Me Softly". ❋ Unknown (2010)
In the past few months, the brand's canny marketing has crescendoed in the U.S. with the DVD release of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, the paperback edition of its first sequel, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and the hardcover of the third entry, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. ❋ Billy Frolick (2010)
