elevator music
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It is the elevator music, the Muzak, of potato dishes.
From Salon • May 9, 2024
Which is why we should stop asking why the message is still allowed to happen and start asking when it became distilled down to constitutional elevator music.
From Slate • Nov. 29, 2023
The sheer familiarity of Bacharach's music meant the cleverness of much of it was sometimes overlooked: it was dismissed as "elevator music" or "easy listening".
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2023
Grand archways and built-in aquariums line the living spaces, and the many amenities include a gym, game room, bar, elevator, music studio and plush movie theater with guitars strung along the walls.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2021
Different elevator music was playing since my last visit—that old disco song "Stayin’ Alive."
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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