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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To Mathias’ rescue, again and again, is his down-to-earth yet wizardly agent, Max (frequent Desplechin collaborator Hippolyte Girardot, in ace form). Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 History has shown us again and again that regimes built on oppression eventually collapse. John Hope Bryant, Time, 6 Sep. 2025 Schaecter was on the first Miami mission trip to Israel in 1990, and returned again and again. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025 Curiously, these very specific drummer vacancies for legacy bands kept popping up again and again. Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Sep. 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 Sep. 2025.

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