elevator music
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
Before those were removed, I did listen, and they were neither karaoke nor Filipino pop; rather, they sounded like insipid elevator music.
From Slate • May 10, 2021
At times, the sensation is one of being stuck in a gaudy building that pipes in elegant elevator music.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2019
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
