easy listening
Example Sentences
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“It was an easy listening hit,” he recalled.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
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
Staffers at the radio station spent a week unpacking boxes and roughly separating the albums onto tables labeled jazz, easy listening, folk and country, pop, opera, comedy, classical, alternative, and soundtrack.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2023
I remember after my book on Diana came out in 1992, the Times and The Sunday Times organized a conference on the future of the monarchy, and it wasn't easy listening for the sovereign.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2022
Then the boundary rider lit his pipe, and slightly moved his seat, placing himself in an easy listening attitude, with his elbow on the table, and his hand across his face.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
