Examples of repetition in a Sentence
Sometimes repetition is necessary to drive a point home.
Children's songs involve lots of repetition.
I quit my job at the factory because I hated the mindless repetition.
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The author also had to keep her eye out of repetition, so that Rocky and her family weren't going through the same troubles again.
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
There are trends that emerge on the runways, others on social media, and then there are those that simply become objects of desire through aesthetic repetition.
—María Munsuri, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2025
Exhale and repeat through five repetitions.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
The beauty of rock ‘n’ roll is repetition, the beauty of repetition and the groan and the groove and the communication of the words.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
There are trends that emerge on the runways, others on social media, and then there are those that simply become objects of desire through aesthetic repetition.
—María Munsuri, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2025
Exhale and repeat through five repetitions.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
The beauty of rock ‘n’ roll is repetition, the beauty of repetition and the groan and the groove and the communication of the words.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for repetition
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“Repetition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repetition. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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repetition
noun
rep·e·ti·tion
ˌrep-ə-ˈtish-ən 
1
a
: the act or an instance of repeating
b
: a motion or exercise (as a push-up) that is repeated and usually counted
2
: something repeated
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