again and again

adverb

: at frequent intervals : often, repeatedly

Examples of again and again in a Sentence

as she's gotten older, Grandma has tended to ask the same things again and again
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In a feat of logistics, the production miraculously arranged the shooting schedule so that every principal actor’s final scene on the show was also their last day of filming — something the Duffers have been freshly reliving again and again in the edit bay. Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025 Dedicated fans who have come back again and again despite some middling teams. Marc Weiszer, Athens Banner-Herald, 14 Oct. 2025 And then the audience returned — again and again and again. Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025 This conviction—that those in Indigenous or traditional communities live more simply and thus more authentically—would crop up again and again in Matthiessen’s writing. Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for again and again

Word History

First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of again and again was in 1533

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“Again and again.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/again%20and%20again. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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