How to Use over and over in a Sentence

over and over

adverb
  • Bochy has said the same thing over and over this spring.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • By the way, the questions were asked over and over and over again.
    Emma Colton, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • She had been stabbed and slashed, over and over and over again.
    C. A. Bridges, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2023
  • But who wants to be drinking the same thing over and over again?
    Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Much of it didn’t end up in the picture; some of it was used over and over.
    Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • He’s had to play all decades of this music over and over again.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Well, what did John Lauro say to you over and over again?
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Buy it once, and wear it over and over, no matter the season.
    Rachel Sylvester, Glamour, 9 Nov. 2023
  • These days, his family goes to the same places over and over.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The house represents, over and over, the failure of things to be what felt promised.
    Meghan Racklin, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Taylor has wondered over and over again for the last month.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • What hasn't changed is the thrill of the crack of the bat and the awe of watching a baseball soar through the air over and over and over again.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • We are all awestruck by the success of it, and that people ran to the theaters over and over again.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The fuel supply can be used over and over again and is easy to replace.
    Linda Gassenheimer, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • One death for the one locked for days in his room, drawing lines in a notebook, over and over and over.
    Rick Barot, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Have some fun, and make a creative video that your partner can watch over and over.
    Devi Jags, Women's Health, 7 Feb. 2023
  • She was risen to the top over and over again with her unique style that has made the world fall in love with her — not as much as me though.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Run the same concept with the same-looking people in the same age group over and over again and burnout is inevitable.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2023
  • This pattern — of Russians jumping in to help Evan — has played out over and over.
    Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Who is to judge the winner in a contest that must invent itself over and over?
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 31 July 2023
  • The Grammys, the association of my peers have been over and over so kind to me.
    Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Reach in and around the dough to lightly knead, turning it over and over until combined.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
  • One kept coming up over and over: Where are the San Diego Padres getting all of this money?
    Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Just watching them kind of pile on top of one another over and over.
    Karen Zamora, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Then go on YouTube and type in some of his favorite pitchers in the big leagues and replay those videos over and over and over.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The fact that this analysis comes from Howarth is key, because he’s been proved right over and over again.
    Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The same plots of rebellion happen over and over again so there’s no sense of real change.
    Vulture, 11 Sep. 2023
  • While some stars gravitate toward the same color over and over again, the 46-year-old loves to mix things up.
    Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Never looking back — other than not to make the same mistake over and over.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2022
  • DiBetta said the Lyft gig was great for Levin, who loves telling dad jokes and often tells them over and over.
    Freida Frisaro and Curt Anderson, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2023

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