Example sentences for: repeating

How can you use “repeating” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • When 19 th -century composers wanted to be solemn, they invoked the Baroque: Thick counterpoint and a good old passacaglia--variations over a repeating bass--never failed to sound lofty.

  • These include learning physical and mental control through yoga exercises, and also prayer and meditation rituals such as repeating certain phrases, or mantras, and concentrating on geometric designs called mandalas.

  • (The WP ran the story several weeks ago, but the tale bears repeating.)

  • Former head of the AFL-CIO Lane Kirkland, whom Reich portrays unsympathetically in several private dialogues, protested in a recent letter to Reich: "I did not, in fact, utter the words that you attribute to me in various places, in direct quotation marks, as though you were repeating my words verbatim."

  • Fear of repeating the deadly clash between federal agents and Branch Davidian cult members has deterred police from raiding the compound.


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