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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Doing this over and over is a good way to prolong a mayfly hatch bite.
    Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 June 2024
  • The fuel supply can be used over and over again and is easy to replace.
    Linda Gassenheimer, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • One death for the one locked for days in his room, drawing lines in a notebook, over and over and over.
    Rick Barot, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Have some fun, and make a creative video that your partner can watch over and over.
    Devi Jags, Women's Health, 7 Feb. 2023
  • She was risen to the top over and over again with her unique style that has made the world fall in love with her — not as much as me though.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
  • And scared to try and put himself out there over and over and over and over and just like see what would happen.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2024
  • And then throughout the past centuries, people have been exploring it over and over again.
    Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 29 Aug. 2024
  • The best cooling pillow, however, can lead to a more restful night’s sleep without having to flip the pillow over and over again to find the cool side.
    Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024

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