1. Tanter instead tapered off, in a decrescendo that oozed finality. 2. Alternating decrescendos may give the listener the impression of waves. 3. Barenboim knows when to draw back, impose a sudden decrescendo or ritardando. 4. Her pianissimo, crescendo and decrescendo were breathtaking. 5. Karaoke's decrescendo began with the collapse of Japan's booming bubble economy. 6. Pulmonary valve regurgitation presents as a diastolic decrescendo murmur at the left lower sternal border. 7. The cello enters and a gradual decrescendo to another restatement of the theme marked piano. 8. This process is known as decrescendo phenomenon. 9. Part II is a long crescendo and decrescendo depicting the rain and rising waters of the flood. 10. The score is marked with a decrescendo to the end of the work from approximately rehearsal number 17.