background music

Example Sentences

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This is part of the background music in America: Americans who aren’t unemployed and do have a house are afraid that in the next few years they could lose their job, their security.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

For years, he had her toss the discus in practice to the background music of the Blue Danube Waltz.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2024

“We’ll kick it up a little bit,’’ Macdonald said of a volume that on Friday served more as background music than starring attraction.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024

An article on state-run Legal Daily pointed out that it could be hard to "define" lip-syncing if singers' voices get drowned out by pre-recorded vocals in the background music during live performances.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023

However, if the entire class likes background music, try to play the same baroque music during the test that was used during the original presentation of the material: it acts as an auditory memory cue.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin