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Examples of over and over in a Sentence
the little girl demanded over and over to be picked up so she could see the performers on stage
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If you are exposed to it over and over again as a child, it's destigmatized instead of being scary or difficult to understand.
—Monique Wilson, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2024
Early on, Milan had a frustrating habit of conceding the same goal over and over again.
—James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
On top of the rhythm, different sections of the orchestra take turns playing two themes over and over again.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
Here, the car could be subjected to high stresses and artificially applied G-loads over and over for as long as the engineers wanted, without putting test drivers into perilous situations.
—Joe Salas, New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of over and over was
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“Over and over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20and%20over. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
over and over
adverb
: many times : often
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