elevator music

Example Sentences

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It is the elevator music, the Muzak, of potato dishes.

From Salon • May 9, 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

Grand archways and built-in aquariums line the living spaces, and the many amenities include a gym, game room, bar, elevator, music studio and plush movie theater with guitars strung along the walls.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2021

Muzak, the purveyors of elevator music, had become a complete joke by the 1990s when it found many of the players in the Seattle grunge scene working in its offices.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2021

Stupid elevator music floats from the tinny airport speakers.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper