Examples of repetition in a Sentence
Sometimes repetition is necessary to drive a point home.
Children's songs involve lots of repetition.
I quit my job at the factory because I hated the mindless repetition.
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One was a perfectionist who gave performances of stunning power that sometimes became smoothed out and even bland through repetition; the other was full of surprises—always discovering things, a sensibility always in the making.
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David Denby, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
Goode almost always worked in a series — for instance, making multiple sculptures of staircases whose orderly repetition of rectilinear treads and risers put a domestic tongue firmly in the industrial cheek of Minimalist art’s crisp geometry.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Her life is rooted in the routine and repetition of training and school among (supportive) peers, whether serve-and-volleys or German class.
—Nicolas Rapold, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Social media platforms provide an environment for misinformation and disinformation to spread rapidly and be reinforced through repetition.
—Jim Richberg, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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David Denby, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
Goode almost always worked in a series — for instance, making multiple sculptures of staircases whose orderly repetition of rectilinear treads and risers put a domestic tongue firmly in the industrial cheek of Minimalist art’s crisp geometry.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Her life is rooted in the routine and repetition of training and school among (supportive) peers, whether serve-and-volleys or German class.
—Nicolas Rapold, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Social media platforms provide an environment for misinformation and disinformation to spread rapidly and be reinforced through repetition.
—Jim Richberg, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for repetition
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“Repetition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repetition. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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repetition
noun
rep·e·ti·tion
ˌrep-ə-ˈtish-ən 
1
a
: the act or an instance of repeating
b
: a motion or exercise (as a push-up) that is repeated and usually counted
2
: something repeated
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