How to Use repetitive in a Sentence

repetitive

adjective

• She left the job because the work was too repetitive.
• At the risk of being repetitive, I must remind you again to be careful.
• The whole debate, if that’s the right word for it, has been stale and repetitive since the mid-1990s.
  — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2023
• This repetitive process is part of what’s known as the Lanserhof Cure.
  — Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023
• The show overall, though, is too repetitive and cutesy for me.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
• The repetitive throwing has also taught her to take care of her body.
  — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2023
• There were girls with a broken pelvis due to repetitive rapes.
  — Jeff Robbins, Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2024
• And although one of Patrick’s gifts to us is her honesty, at times the book felt repetitive and too one-note.
  — Steven Petrow, Washington Post, 14 May 2023
• Phil went along and wrote this ridiculous lyric that went with it — very repetitive.
  — Vulture, 22 Mar. 2023
• There’s the cold, the repetitive movement, and the often wet hands, which causes painful skin damage.
  — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
• Take note of what others are saying to avoid repetitive points.
  — Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
• What to Consider The low-battery alert sound is loud and repetitive.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2023
• Music that is simple, repetitive, and easy to sing (or hum) is most likely to get stuck.
  — WIRED, 15 July 2023
• Cushioning: The repetitive nature of striking the ground over and over again can wreak havoc on your feet and joints.
  — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2023
• Workers were clocked making these repetitive moves up to nine times per minute.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2023
• Cardio refers to any repetitive movement by the big muscles in your body (like your arms and legs) that gets your heart pumping.
  — Elizabeth Millard, C.p.t., SELF, 29 Nov. 2023
• So the jobs that will be the most challenged will be those that are routine and repetitive—and that includes both blue-collar and white-collar work.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2023
• One of the more accepted views now is that AI will simply replace rote, repetitive work.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
• It can be performed in repetitive sets and tones the core muscles with a twisting motion focused around the abdomen.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 18 Mar. 2024
• Using small repetitive strokes, simply rake the broom across your carpet or rug to collect pet hair.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2023
• There’s something good for your brain doing a repetitive motion with your hands.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• Even the repetitive cutaways to barnyard animals are done with a modicum of comedic and artistic panache.
  — Courtney Howard, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
• The Princess of Wales strategically wore the top to the gym to create a repetitive photo op and dissuade the paparazzi from taking her picture.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
• The joke was in reference to Kimmel's repetitive gag on his late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
• And that really allows a song to become more of a story than just a repetitive message.
  — Rose Eden, SPIN, 26 Mar. 2024
• At its core is the sense of tiredness and stress that employees feel during and after work, most common with repetitive tasks.
  — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2024
• Jones shares how such a single-minded pursuit can consume one’s life, while the film falls in a cycle of repetitive actions.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
• The joke was in reference to Kimmel's repetitive gag on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
• Shannon and Sparks play their characters like a comedy team, a sadder and more repetitive Lucy and Ethel.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
• That said, the scenes of families crying and little ones looking terrified and sad at the train station get a bit repetitive.
  — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024