elevator music
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
We’re on the tram now, weird elevator music threatening to drown out the conversation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024
It is the elevator music, the Muzak, of potato dishes.
From Salon ● May 9, 2024
Muzak, the purveyors of elevator music, had become a complete joke by the 1990s when it found many of the players in the Seattle grunge scene working in its offices.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2021
Different elevator music was playing since my last visit—that old disco song "Stayin’ Alive."
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
