How to Use over and over in a Sentence

over and over

adverb
  • The kids play the Gossec gavotte over and over and over.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Bochy has said the same thing over and over this spring.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • By the way, the questions were asked over and over and over again.
    Emma Colton, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The 7-year-old quickly climbed her way to the top of the wall over and over again.
    Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Mustafa, my friend and I turned it over and over in our hands.
    Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
  • She had been stabbed and slashed, over and over and over again.
    C. A. Bridges, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Its 48 pieces are large, chunky, and easy to use over and over again.
    Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 16 Aug. 2022
  • But who wants to be drinking the same thing over and over again?
    Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Much of it didn’t end up in the picture; some of it was used over and over.
    Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • This is a movie that my mom and my aunts would watch over and over again.
    Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 26 Oct. 2022
  • He’s had to play all decades of this music over and over again.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2023
  • But the same bees do buzz around her bonnet, over and over.
    Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
  • For love has its sour side, as these songs tell us over and over.
    Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
  • All of the comments will be replayed over and over again in the lead up to that game.
    John Talty | Jtalty@al.com, al, 2 June 2022
  • Well, what did John Lauro say to you over and over again?
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Buy it once, and wear it over and over, no matter the season.
    Rachel Sylvester, Glamour, 9 Nov. 2023
  • These days, his family goes to the same places over and over.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Mar. 2024
  • People were just asking us over and over again, where is the rest of the movie?
    Kimberly Truong, Glamour, 1 July 2022
  • The house represents, over and over, the failure of things to be what felt promised.
    Meghan Racklin, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2023
  • That is who Donald Trump has proven to be… over and over again.
    Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Washable mop cloths and heads can be used over and over.
    Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 16 Nov. 2022
  • On the flipside, our defense has seen a lot of the same plays over and over and over again.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Taylor has wondered over and over again for the last month.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The Ansel Adams print would then be sold over and over again, for more and more money.
    Tresa Baldas, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Stephen’s son raped Catherine over and over again for three and a half hours.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The programmer is cursed to write this code over and over again.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2024
  • What hasn't changed is the thrill of the crack of the bat and the awe of watching a baseball soar through the air over and over and over again.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • These are the kinds of things that Russians are doing over and over in Ukraine.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 June 2022
  • To detail the horror of that night, over and over, in front of a jury and in front of him.
    Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Michigan wants to win this game, as the Wolverines will say over and over this week.
    Austin Meek, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024

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