The orchestra was decrescendoing gradually, the melody shrinking into a soft, distant echo.

The conductor indicated a decrescendo just before the final chord, softening the orchestra's sound.

The decrescendo melody drifted toward silence, leaving the audience breathless.

The conductor signaled for the choir to decrescendo as the music approached the final chord.

In the final movement, the composer layered delicate decrescendos that made the melody seem to dissolve into silence.

As the finale approaches, the choir decrescendos, leaving a fragile hush that keeps the audience breathless.

The orchestra decrescendoed at the end of the movement, leaving the audience in hushed awe.