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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No, Xi’s Communist Party isn’t enjoying Trump raising tariffs on China again and again like some manic auctioneer. William Pesek, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025 With Jim Crow, an imperfect church, economic despair, and the Klan looming, the film underlines again and again the essentiality of love—not as an antidote, but as an alternative, an entirely separate mode of experiencing the world. Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2025 Despite a wealth of star power, the power play hasn’t done a good job in the playoffs for the Leafs, coming up short again and again at crucial times. Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025 At Gaza’s thirty-six hospitals, this dynamic has played out again and again. Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 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 29 Apr. 2025.

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