elevator music
Example Sentences
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Jefferson’s default prose is 18th-century elevator music, clear and tinkling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
It is the elevator music, the Muzak, of potato dishes.
From Salon ● May 9, 2024
White House meetings with allies like Yoon might seem like the elevator music of foreign policy, predictable and preprogrammed.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023
Before those were removed, I did listen, and they were neither karaoke nor Filipino pop; rather, they sounded like insipid elevator music.
From Slate ● May 10, 2021
He used to be a rap producer, but now he only listens to wack elevator music, because, he says, hip-hop is dead.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
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