How to Use background music in a Sentence

background music

noun

• The singing, for now, is background music against the high din of the bar.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2018
• The background music may change, but the song remains the same.
  — Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2019
• In the studio, the background music all but drowned out his voice.
  — James Karst, NOLA.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• Throughout each of the Fallout games, the background music makes so much of the story and sets the mood.
  — Esther Mollica, Wired, 12 Jan. 2021
• Does the person who mixed the background music that informed A.I. have a claim?
  — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
• As for the background music, when put in reverse, there are some lyrics that can be made out.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 5 Aug. 2021
• Benson was built in the 1870s as railways reached this part of the prairies, and trains remain the town’s background music.
  — Tim Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 27 Jan. 2022
• The fact that the peppy background music will stick in your head all day is nothing new for a Mario game, of course.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2023
• Once the season ends, that background music will become the main act.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2019
• From there, as your background music is still playing, press the white button and drag your finger to the right.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 7 Oct. 2021
• That provision has been the background music to Trump's life.
  — Russ Buettner, Star Tribune, 27 Sep. 2020
• That provision has been the background music to Mr. Trump’s life.
  — Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig and Mike McIntire, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2020
• The movie flicks at a variety of pieces from Bernstein's opus, in both background music and set pieces.
  — Scott Hocker, theweek, 5 Jan. 2024
• There's no background music, except the birds, the wind, the weather—and maybe my Chihuahuas yapping.
  — Court Stroud, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
• The background music is a mix of Sinatra, Elvis and Chubby Checker.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2021
• Piedmont blues, the chief background music, contributes to a sense of place.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022
• Now, with your background music still playing, simply press down on the white button and drag your finger to the right.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 18 Aug. 2021
• The Masters belongs in April, when the azaleas and dogwoods are in bloom and the tinkling of the piano serves as the perfect background music.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 31 Dec. 2021
• But the depression was so in my face that the anxiety was just background music.
  — Bethany Heitman, Health.com, 7 Apr. 2020
• The rhythm of corruption and scandal has become a sort of background music at the Ohio statehouse.
  — Sarah Stankorb, The New Republic, 29 June 2023
• Do people enjoy a little background music in the break room or kitchen?
  — Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
• The show promptly changed the segment's background music to a more seductive song.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2023
• The couple is hopeful about their new place, but the ominous background music begs to differ.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2021
• Back in the late 1990s, researchers took to a British supermarket and tinkered with the store’s background music.
  — Jeff Stibel, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2018
• Chiles started clapping to the background music, extending her arms over her head on the beat.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
• Sure, part of the magic of the meal comes from its traditional setting on a beach, where your feet are in the sand and crashing waves are the background music.
  — Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022
• There will be no live music — only background music — and no TVs.
  — Michael Klein, Philly.com, 24 Jan. 2018
• There is, however, a way to record video and keep the existing background music alive.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 28 May 2021
• Just outside the cottage are a goat and flowers dancing along to the upbeat background music.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022
• And forget background music: The dulcet, forgettable Muzak that defined the second half of the 20th century has been widely replaced by foreground music by popular artists.
  — thehustle.co, 26 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024