How to Use repetition in a Sentence

repetition

noun
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  • Sometimes repetition is necessary to drive a point home.
  • I quit my job at the factory because I hated the mindless repetition.
  • Children's songs involve lots of repetition.
  • The repetition of speech is called echolalia and is a common sign of autism.
    — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2022
  • That said, there tends to be quite a bit of...repetition.
    — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, 21 May 2018
  • Can a lie become the truth through repetition and sheer force of will?
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 1 July 2020
  • Life is about repetition and trying to pick up new things along the way.
    — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The dissent seems to think that the repetition of these charges somehow makes them true.
    — Cristian Farias, Daily Intelligencer, 25 June 2018
  • Starters get short breaks to recover in time to make the most of each repetition.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2021
  • With each repetition, try to shift the hips a bit deeper into the range.
    — Women's Health, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But over time, with repetition, skaters are able to do it.
    — Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2018
  • As a result, some of the pauses and repetition seemed apt.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
  • Memes are just repetition, but that has a power of its own.
    — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • And that came through all the repetition and all the experience.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2019
  • With the help of a coach, the cast learned the two keys to nailing a lip sync number — breath control and repetition.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Slimane’s bid—by repetition—was to train the eye on specifics.
    — Vogue, 23 Jan. 2019
  • The book asks, What is the point of endless effort and repetition?
    — David Denby, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022
  • But the pattern is part of the fun: as Prince said, there’s joy in repetition.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Do four to six repetitions and three to four sets of each exercise.
    — Marie Claire, 13 Feb. 2012
  • Next comes the constant repetition and the context-heavy text of a Twitch chat.
    — John Alexander, Wired, 12 Feb. 2021
  • Football is a game of repetition and Howard had a lot of catching up to do.
    — Rick Stroud, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Part of this was an artist’s desire to avoid self-repetition.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Those hours and months and years of repetition are building toward those games.
    — Brody Miller, NOLA.com, 29 May 2018
  • And, of course, some tasks just take time and repetition to master at one’s own pace.
    — Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The Heat are all t about being steeled through repetition and drilling.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 1 June 2021
  • Studying and repetition aside, a quarterback still has to make the throws.
    — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Song sections flow from one to the next, with little repetition.
    — Michael Hamad, courant.com, 11 June 2018
  • That’s the kind of mental peace and focus that only repetition can give.
    — Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2018
  • But repetition doesn’t change the fact that the story is probably bunk.
    — Jonathan Eig, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Or, if think their only option is a coathanger due to the repetition of the imagery.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 8 July 2022

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