elevator music
noun
: instrumental arrangements of popular songs often piped in (as to an elevator or retail store)
Examples of elevator music in a Sentence
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But compared with the riotous diversity of a rainforest, the columns — like brigades of upright feather dusters — can become as monotonous as elevator music.
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Patricia Cohen Jes Aznar, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
But there’s something unexplainable as to why their bats make elevator music in front of their loud, faithful fans.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
Silence at first, then a few errant words and some elevator music.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
Inside, elevator music plays from loudspeakers like a call eternally on hold.
—Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2023
Show up to watch the children, even if one of the kids has a concussion and needs everyone to lie in the dark on the floor in sleeping bags, listening to quiet elevator music.
—Catherine Newman, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
Tolkien elevator music versus nu-metal George R. R. Martin: Is this the best TV fantasy can do?
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
In the first episode, Dr. Johnny Fever announces the station’s changeover from elevator music to rock ’n roll with a record scratch and a proclamation.
—Jake Coyle, ajc, 30 Jan. 2022
Matt Kaulig, executive chairman and owner of Kaulig Companies, ensures his office lobby plays techno music as an upbeat alternative to elevator music.
—Vicki Salemi, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
Patricia Cohen Jes Aznar, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
But there’s something unexplainable as to why their bats make elevator music in front of their loud, faithful fans.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
Silence at first, then a few errant words and some elevator music.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
Inside, elevator music plays from loudspeakers like a call eternally on hold.
—Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2023
Show up to watch the children, even if one of the kids has a concussion and needs everyone to lie in the dark on the floor in sleeping bags, listening to quiet elevator music.
—Catherine Newman, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
Tolkien elevator music versus nu-metal George R. R. Martin: Is this the best TV fantasy can do?
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
In the first episode, Dr. Johnny Fever announces the station’s changeover from elevator music to rock ’n roll with a record scratch and a proclamation.
—Jake Coyle, ajc, 30 Jan. 2022
Matt Kaulig, executive chairman and owner of Kaulig Companies, ensures his office lobby plays techno music as an upbeat alternative to elevator music.
—Vicki Salemi, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
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