How to Use rote in a Sentence

rote

adjective

• But don’t expect a rote run through the talking points.
  — Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022
• Clarkson’s passes used to be of the fairly rote version.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
• But, when writing about her own life, Beach gets stuck in the mode of rote self-deprecation.
  — Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 19 July 2023
• The real at-risk workers are those in rote, repetitive jobs.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
• And if that view becomes rote, bursts of sunflowers pop up all along the wide but nearly shadeless path.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022
• Even at that time, such rote learning wasn’t fashionable.
  — WSJ, 21 June 2023
• Alas, as was the case for rote-essay writing, whatever appetite for change the shock inspires might prove to be short-lived.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2023
• Then there were some rote questions and answers about life in prison, innocuous talk about my sister’s two teenage sons.
  — Christian Wiman, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
• But for the most part, their use is confined to a small set of rote interactions, such as being asked to turn off the lights or give a weather report.
  — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
• The same goes for the rote screenplay by Scott Teems (Halloween Kills), which provides none of the dark wit that might have enlivened the outrageous storyline.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2022
• Audiences seemed too busy being immersed to mind that the movie’s story was pretty rote.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2022
• That special comes along in the form of Michael Keaton, who slides into the film about a third of the way through its running time and changes it from a rote action vehicle into a waltz of sorts.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2021
• Recently, leaked clips of gameplay have been circulating that have been mocked by some as a bit too rote and generic.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
• Majors does justice to the role by giving it more than another actor in a more rote version of this movie would have given.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2023
• In this moment, Cantor failed to cloak his childlike fandom in rote professionalism—and sports fans around the world loved him for it.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 19 Dec. 2022
• And Fincher very much does, in this gleaming genre exercise: not quite rote but still familiar.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
• Now, everything that has become so rote to these characters can still have a sick novelty to Tom.
  — Kevin Sullivan, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2021
• Murphy's antics are supposed to be funny, but the film strikes a sour note throughout, and the action scenes don't do much to enliven the rote proceedings.
  — Elliott Smith, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2023
• Worse, O’Connor anchors Emily’s artistic coming-of-age to a rote romance with a hunky curate who also tutors her in French.
  — Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
• News outlets usually rely on rote pictures for banks in the news, said Davidov, who also works at a venture fund.
  — Katia Porzecanski, Fortune, 18 July 2023
• Their mission is one of mutual aid, but after several years, the work has become rote and thankless.
  — Lauren Leblanc, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
• The novel presumably filled in the blanks to build an engrossing tale, one that here comes across as a rote suspenser, complete with jump scares and a violent climax.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2023
• Less reliant on rote learning, the whole language approach has often been backed by progressives.
  — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 June 2022
• What might have been a rote zombie story is instead a character study that includes Phoebe Waller-Bridge among its admirers.
  — Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
• Emoji really can speed things up in the office, and slapping a ❤️ or a 🎉 on a message can make a rote communication feel friendly and fun.
  — Lora Kelley, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2023
• Few billionaires achieve success by following the rote path, but many have received guidance from the adventurers of years past.
  — Michael McMullen, Forbes, 30 June 2022
• The depiction doesn’t quite add anything to our understanding of the real Jackson, but the fact of its rote excellence is a reminder of the freakish nature of Jackson’s fame.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2022
• Habit, it’s often said, is nature’s version of outsourcing, a way to off-load cognitive overhead to the rote movements of muscle memory and free up the mind to think about other things.
  — Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
• Purists complain that players have become over-reliant on rote memorization, that games have become too even, predictable, and dull.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2021
• The speeches that Keiko’s friends and relatives spout about family and motherhood are as rote as the phrases Keiko and her colleagues chant to customers, and they are delivered with even less feeling.
  — Stephanie Hayes, The Atlantic, 9 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024