rallentando

Teach yourself to make a rallentando evenly by watching the drops of water cease as you turn off a tap.

She put into her movements a certain fullness of swing, to bring out the effect which a marked rallentando gives the notes.

Such a rallentando effect is like the apparent pause in the rush of a river before it thunders over a precipice.

Or we can gradually increase or decrease our tempo, creating accelerando and rallentando effects.

I can hear the diminuendo rallentando of the orchestra as the gold dulls, the scarlet fades to rose, the rose to pink.