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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What if that child has hurt you, and herself, again and again? Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025 Over the course of the next 36 years, McNally returned to the script again and again, rewriting, restaging, refining and polishing it into something that eventually became one of Broadway’s biggest hits of 2014 and ’15. Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025 Our readers love all the fall flavors in this dessert, so much so, many of them have made it again and again. Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025 Criminals maintain databases of people who have fallen for scams so they can be targeted again and again. Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 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 8 Oct. 2025.

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