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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What matters is repetition, tone and what is left unsaid.
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Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Habits are built through repetition under imperfect conditions, not through short bursts of maximal effort.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Had the injury occurred halfway through the season, Darnold said, he might have been concerned by the lack of practice repetitions.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
Such instances of repetition can’t help feeling like fainter echoes of the original, especially when Season 2 doesn’t deliver the same thrill of discovery as its predecessor.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
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Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Habits are built through repetition under imperfect conditions, not through short bursts of maximal effort.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Had the injury occurred halfway through the season, Darnold said, he might have been concerned by the lack of practice repetitions.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
Such instances of repetition can’t help feeling like fainter echoes of the original, especially when Season 2 doesn’t deliver the same thrill of discovery as its predecessor.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Repetition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repetition. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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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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