How to Use repeat in a Sentence

repeat

1 of 2 verb

• He kept repeating the same thing over and over.
• Will you repeat the question?
• My five-year-old can repeat her favorite stories word for word.
• He often has to ask people to repeat themselves because he's a little deaf.
• Repeat after me: “I promise to do my best…”.
• You are simply repeating, in slightly different words, what has been said already.
• Return the right knee to the floor and quickly repeat on the left side.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 15 May 2023
• The balls are then returned to the machine and the process is repeated for the Nos. 2-4 picks.
  — Brian Mahoney, Chron, 13 May 2023
• Until the trend repeats, and what's old feels new again.
  — Kai McNamee, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
• Do this for a total of eight reps, and repeat on the other side.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 29 Jan. 2024
• On one of the dough rounds, place two of the strips in an X shape, then repeat with the remaining rounds.
  — David and José Cáceres, Saveur, 1 Nov. 2023
• Transfer the lamb to a plate or bowl and repeat with the remaining lamb.
  — Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• The cycle will repeat for the remainder of the week, with morning fog along the coast and parts of the Bay Area.
  — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 2023
• That is a feat that has not been repeated or even tried since.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• No one likes making mistakes, but the key is not to repeat them.
  — Nick Kasmik, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
• This process had to be repeated 17 times during the flight.
  — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2024
• Teague asked, repeating what he’s heard often in the past week.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 5 May 2023
• And that repeated itself again with Margaret and Elizabeth in a sense of the heir and the spare.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
• Leclerc said he was told to not throw for two months (eight weeks) and has not had repeat trouble with the muscle.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
• The presto of the third was kept extra-presto, with beguiling feints (or faints?) of volume in the repeating theme of the strings.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
• The pants repeat the pattern in a stripe down the side of the calves, with the Spartan logo in white on the right hip and the Nike logo in white on the left hip.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2023
• The same process is repeated with the same ping-pong balls and lottery machine for the second through fourth picks.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
• The last thing the Browns want is to repeat that mistake and give up on a kicker who’s loaded with talent.
  — cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
• Well done, Sammy and good luck on the road to repeating as national champs.
  — Melissa Whatley, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2023
• Since May, the fort’s brass has repeated how the new name better matches Army values.
  — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
• The saying goes that those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
• Since then, the phrase has caught on, repeated by President Joe Biden, and printed on t-shirts for sale.
  — Jacob Fenston, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
• Avoid common names and phrases, and don’t repeat passwords across sites.
  — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
• Both steps should then be repeated, running hot water through the taps, according to the city.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 27 July 2023
• The next morning, Williams repeated her daily routine and drove a new school bus to pick up students.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 5 June 2023

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repeat

2 of 2 noun

• Most of the customers are repeats.
• No, I don't want to watch that. It's a repeat.
• Sluice with vinegar, dab with chile, eat, wipe the sweat from your brow and repeat.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• For their sake, the ad hopefully won’t be a repeat of the 2024 Grammys.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2024
• God Save the Animals was on repeat in my crib and in the studio all year.
  — Vulture, 3 Nov. 2023
• Failure would mean a repeat of the tragedy that caused the doctor to turn to religion in the first place.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Jan. 2024
• Fans of indie, new wave and dream pop may want to play the film’s soundtrack on repeat, too.
  — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
• That can mean more months of oxygen at home before a repeat test.
  — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
• Scott isn’t the first rapper to hit the repeat button during a concert.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
• Yellowstone can still draw a crowd — even for a repeat.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023
• There are no repeats on CNN Max, even in the wee hours of the morning, and the product’s debut comes along with a new sports tier on the service.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Oct. 2023
• Anything to keep those gushy feelings on repeat in your body!
  — Carina Hsieh, SELF, 30 Jan. 2024
• These familiar faces aren't the only thing on repeat this year.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2023
• Fragments of a song or jingles wind up playing on repeat in your head.
  — WIRED, 15 July 2023
• For this simulated repeat of 2021, the stakes are raised.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
• The repeat Grand Slam champion even cradles her baby bump in one of the images.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 2 May 2023
• This year, Democrats are working overtime to juice turnout in an effort to stave off a repeat of that outcome.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 5 Nov. 2023
• This final program of the tour was a repeat of the one heard at La Scala, but the music felt (once again) transformed by the space and recharged by the circumstances.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
• That's 1 rep. Continue on same side for 20 seconds, then switch sides and repeat.
  — Jordan Galloway, Women's Health, 25 July 2023
• The risk, for other internet cables, is a repeat of the Rubymar.
  — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2024
• Late-night shows began turning to repeats last week as their writers joined the picket lines.
  — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 7 May 2023
• Heading into the summer, Baldridge said there are concerns about a repeat of 2022.
  — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 11 June 2023
• It is intended to prevent a repeat of what happened in Rio Verde Foothills.
  — The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2024
• Dino Babers, Syracuse Babers is the only repeat performer from 2022 on this year’s pink slip watch list.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
• Chromosome seven is one of the spots where those repeats occur.
  — Gina Barton, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2023
• Last spring, Jennifer Anniston wore versions of them in black and beige on repeat.
  — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2023
• According to the repeat sales index, Boise home prices fell 0.2% in June after rising just 0.1% in May.
  — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
• And, of course, no party is complete without music, so put the movie's soundtrack on repeat.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2023
• So each of his albums is a privilege—the only way to put his moments of magic on repeat.
  — Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2023
• But the junior’s bid to become the award’s second repeat winner hasn’t resulted in the same magic.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024