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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Will Bromell continue to capture his old form again and again? Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025 Going back again and again to that panicked night shift when the bleeding patient died under my hands was an unexpected salve for the unforgiving finality of the actual events. Danielle Ofri, New Yorker, 7 June 2025 And then driving that same bus over his goalie again and again. Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025 Remember your first pillow fort – a kingdom of couch cushions with wobbly walls and a roof that collapsed again and again? Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for again and again

Word History

First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined above

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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 17 Jun. 2025.

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