easy listening
Example Sentences
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Although his music was dismissed as "easy listening" at the time, he was hugely popular, playing arena tours and performing at the White House for presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024
“It was an easy listening hit,” he recalled.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024
He’s easy listening: jokey but not too edgy, sympathetic but not too dramatic, enthusiastic but not too excitable.
From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023
McMahan, a Virginia Beach songwriter who has released an Americana album, was down the aisle from country and folk, flipping through easy listening.
From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2023
"It's easy listening to him," Mrs Hearn used to say of her husband's successor.
From The Small House at Allington by Trollope, Anthony
