: music to accompany the dialogue or action of a motion picture or radio or television drama
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebOur primal screams cannot just become background music to our daily lives. Kristin Rowe-finkbeiner, CNN, 15 Sep. 2022 Suffering from severe tinnitus makes background music, the conversations of nearby diners and the general hubbub of restaurants nearly unbearable at times.Washington Post, 7 May 2022 As anyone who has recorded video with an iPhone can attest, opening up the video section of the Camera app automatically stops playing background music. Yoni Heisler, BGR, 7 June 2021 There are undeniably positive signs of a country beginning to adapt to a new kind of life, where Covid-19, after the winter wave, may turn into sinister background music rather than a life-changing threat, at least in warmer months. Stephen Collinson, CNN, 31 Dec. 2021 Finish the evening by reminiscing over old photo albums—queue up these Mother's Day songs for background music. Erin Cavoto, Country Living, 26 Apr. 2022 The fluorescent lights overhead flickered and buzzed, and the hum of a power generator was the only background music. Zain Asher, Vogue, 6 May 2022 There is unnecessary background music, sometimes too loud, but mostly modulated. John Mariani, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022 Booze and cigarettes almost the background music to my drugs of choice (heroin and cocaine). Alexander Darwin, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2021 See More