background music

Example Sentences

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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

In the past year, Trump has attended at least four such events, often making fighter-style entrances with background music and an entourage.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 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

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