elevator music
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It is the elevator music, the Muzak, of potato dishes.
From Salon • May 9, 2024
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
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
Stupid elevator music floats from the tinny airport speakers.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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