to the accompaniment of
idiom
1
: while corresponding music is played
She sang the song to the accompaniment of a piano.
2
: at the same time (something else) is happening
She made the announcement to the accompaniment of loud applause.
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What Marielle Knows has a good sense of humor, and the 87 minutes breeze by to the accompaniment of classical snippets by Brahms, Schubert and others.
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Jay D. Weissberg, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025
In the exhibition at Marian Goodman, a video reproduces the original projections, with one image quickly succeeded by the next, to the accompaniment of a Pink Floyd soundtrack.
—Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The production telegraphs, early on, that something else is up, as Jane seems to dissociate onstage — in an addition for Broadway, to the accompaniment of too-ominous music by Devonté Hynes, a.k.a.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 July 2024
And then the long decline, to the accompaniment of prescription drugs, binge eating and bad advice — even as his acolytes raise him to a state of godhead, the Sun King of rock ’n’ roll.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
Covering John Lennon’s shivering, most sensitive lyrics to the accompaniment of Dean’s windy, barely-there soundscape is brilliant.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 30 June 2023
One of the worst offenders in recent memory: the second floor of Petite Cerise, where my party read lips through an 85-decibel dinner — the equivalent of eating to the accompaniment of a garbage disposal.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
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Jay D. Weissberg, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025
In the exhibition at Marian Goodman, a video reproduces the original projections, with one image quickly succeeded by the next, to the accompaniment of a Pink Floyd soundtrack.
—Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The production telegraphs, early on, that something else is up, as Jane seems to dissociate onstage — in an addition for Broadway, to the accompaniment of too-ominous music by Devonté Hynes, a.k.a.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 July 2024
And then the long decline, to the accompaniment of prescription drugs, binge eating and bad advice — even as his acolytes raise him to a state of godhead, the Sun King of rock ’n’ roll.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
Covering John Lennon’s shivering, most sensitive lyrics to the accompaniment of Dean’s windy, barely-there soundscape is brilliant.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 30 June 2023
One of the worst offenders in recent memory: the second floor of Petite Cerise, where my party read lips through an 85-decibel dinner — the equivalent of eating to the accompaniment of a garbage disposal.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
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“To the accompaniment of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20accompaniment%20of. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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