How to Use repetition in a Sentence

repetition

noun

• Sometimes repetition is necessary to drive a point home.
• I quit my job at the factory because I hated the mindless repetition.
• Children's songs involve lots of repetition.
• But the pattern is part of the fun: as Prince said, there’s joy in repetition.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 Feb. 2018
• That said, there tends to be quite a bit of...repetition.
  — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, 21 May 2018
• The repetition of speech is called echolalia and is a common sign of autism.
  — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2022
• Can a lie become the truth through repetition and sheer force of will?
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 1 July 2020
• George takes to the ring as if born to it — not just the punching but the discipline of it all, the jump-roping and the repetitions.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
• With the help of a coach, the cast learned the two keys to nailing a lip sync number — breath control and repetition.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2019
• The book asks, What is the point of endless effort and repetition?
  — David Denby, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022
• Next comes the constant repetition and the context-heavy text of a Twitch chat.
  — John Alexander, Wired, 12 Feb. 2021
• Rest, then restart at the top. Volume: Two to five sets of one repetition.
  — Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 2022
• With each repetition, try to shift the hips a bit deeper into the range.
  — Women's Health, 9 Mar. 2023
• But over time, with repetition, skaters are able to do it.
  — Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2018
• The dissent seems to think that the repetition of these charges somehow makes them true.
  — Cristian Farias, Daily Intelligencer, 25 June 2018
• Life is about repetition and trying to pick up new things along the way.
  — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2020
• Slimane’s bid—by repetition—was to train the eye on specifics.
  — Vogue, 23 Jan. 2019
• Starters get short breaks to recover in time to make the most of each repetition.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2021
• And, of course, some tasks just take time and repetition to master at one’s own pace.
  — Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
• Football is a game of repetition and Howard had a lot of catching up to do.
  — Rick Stroud, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• As a result, some of the pauses and repetition seemed apt.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
• The Heat are all t about being steeled through repetition and drilling.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 1 June 2021
• Memes are just repetition, but that has a power of its own.
  — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 25 Feb. 2021
• Part of this was an artist’s desire to avoid self-repetition.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2022
• Both films are about working-class heroes who find peace in and make art from the repetition of their days.
  — Ty Burr, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• But the time-shifting leads to a lot of repetition, which drains the series of its momentum.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
• And that came through all the repetition and all the experience.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2019
• For Richardson, all of life is rhythm, repetition, and beat.
  — Micah Ling, Outside Online, 17 Jan. 2023
• The rest of the 45-minute class is spent at the barre, where the women continue to use small movements that grow harder with each repetition.
  — By Chloe Herring, Brooke Henderson and Samantha J. Gross, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Studying and repetition aside, a quarterback still has to make the throws.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 26 Apr 2024