How to Use over and over in a Sentence
over and over
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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 -
For love has its sour side, as these songs tell us over and over.
— Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 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 -
The house represents, over and over, the failure of things to be what felt promised.
— Meghan Racklin, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2023 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
That was the other refrain Stoller heard over and over.
— Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022 -
We are all awestruck by the success of it, and that people ran to the theaters over and over again.
— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023 -
For starters, they can be used over and over again, lasting up to 15 hours on a charge.
— Benjamin Levin, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2024 -
Doing the same thing over and over is never a good idea in my book.
— Karina Michel Feld, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2022 -
A lot of his time is just spent saying the same grim things, to the same grim people, over and over.
— Peter Rubin, Longreads, 7 May 2024 -
Fourth of July parade told over and over again in the hours after the tragedy.
— John Byrne, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2022 -
United is making the same old mistakes over and over again.
— Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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