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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People who completed the 10 repetitions for each exercise easily for two consecutive sessions moved up to a harder version of the exercise.
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Kristen Fischer, Health, 17 Apr. 2025
User Experience: Slow responses, poor formatting, unnecessary repetition 4.
—Ambika Saklani Bhardwaj, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
He was inspired by the terse, concrete lines of Gertrude Stein and the repetition printmaking of Andy Warhol.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2025
Perform 10 repetitions and do the same with of wh the opposite leg.
—Aubrey Bailey, Pt, Dpt, Cht, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2025
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Kristen Fischer, Health, 17 Apr. 2025
User Experience: Slow responses, poor formatting, unnecessary repetition 4.
—Ambika Saklani Bhardwaj, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
He was inspired by the terse, concrete lines of Gertrude Stein and the repetition printmaking of Andy Warhol.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2025
Perform 10 repetitions and do the same with of wh the opposite leg.
—Aubrey Bailey, Pt, Dpt, Cht, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for repetition
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“Repetition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repetition. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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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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