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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In any event, Jia’s longtime admirers will recognize that this oddly repetitive scene is itself a repetition.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
As the latest repetition of the Iron Man and Avengers formula, Thunderbolts* markets familiarity as a brand.
—Armond White, National Review, 2 May 2025
Each task is repeated about 50 times, and patients might perform a total of 300 repetitions in a single session, Subramani Seetharama, a rehabilitation specialist at Hartford HealthCare, said.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
Yet Bar’s professional record is precisely what makes the repetition of the word refuse in his affidavit a model for other state officials—in Israel, the United States, and other democracies under threat.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
As the latest repetition of the Iron Man and Avengers formula, Thunderbolts* markets familiarity as a brand.
—Armond White, National Review, 2 May 2025
Each task is repeated about 50 times, and patients might perform a total of 300 repetitions in a single session, Subramani Seetharama, a rehabilitation specialist at Hartford HealthCare, said.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
Yet Bar’s professional record is precisely what makes the repetition of the word refuse in his affidavit a model for other state officials—in Israel, the United States, and other democracies under threat.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Repetition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repetition. Accessed 12 May. 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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