elevator music
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Jefferson’s default prose is 18th-century elevator music, clear and tinkling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
It is the elevator music, the Muzak, of potato dishes.
From Salon ● May 9, 2024
Show up to watch the children, even if one of the kids has a concussion and needs everyone to lie in the dark on the floor in sleeping bags, listening to quiet elevator music.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2022
After saying that Maroon 5 was “practically elevator music at this point,” she admitted that the man was Levine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
He used to be a rap producer, but now he only listens to wack elevator music, because, he says, hip-hop is dead.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
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