background music
Example Sentences
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The tariffs have largely been background music as investors weigh the artificial-intelligence build-out and inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Not the mellow, easy-listening variety that serves as background music in elevators and waiting rooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
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
Our expert content team has a way of sprinkling soothing magic on all of our Sleep Stories through the narrator's cadence to the background music to get people to lull to sleep.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2024
Ethan, who never said much, had a lot to say about the camera angles and background music and described the star's performance as subtle.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
