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
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
White House meetings with allies like Yoon might seem like the elevator music of foreign policy, predictable and preprogrammed.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023
Stupid elevator music floats from the tinny airport speakers.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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