easy listening
Example Sentences
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We’re as likely to hear a few bars of The Cult’s “Fire Woman” as Joe McPhee’s funky banger “Shakey Jake” or the easy listening blanket that is Mel Tormé’s “The Windmills of Your Mind.”
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025
Rapp demonstrates a savvy restraint of her Broadway pipes in “Snow Angel,” embracing a pleasing pop sound that balances easy listening with poignant, sometimes dark lyrics.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023
Hecker doesn’t doubt the salubrious value of pleasant instrumentals, whether called ambient, New Age or easy listening.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023
The sheer familiarity of Bacharach's music meant the cleverness of much of it was sometimes overlooked: it was dismissed as "elevator music" or "easy listening".
From BBC • Feb. 9, 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
