Example sentences for: repetition

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

  • Taking the above examples, hunkydory, higgledy-pig-gledy, hanky-panky, hocus pocus, heebie-jeebies, hodgepodge, hokey-pokey, inky-dinky, itsy-bitsy, Holterdipolter, Hülle und Fülle , as can be noted, the second element tends to be a repetition of the first, beginning, however, with a labial ( p, b, f, m, v, w ). Winkler called this the “ aleph-beth rule” and demonstrated its practically universal validity, citing evidence from both medieval and modern gaming rhymes in European and Semitic languages alike.

  • ' " Apparently unsettled by this effective one-two punch, McCain responded with a rambling compendium of his most familiar lines on the subject of campaign finance reform culminating in his repetition of his not very funny joke from last night about how Bush should get a better picture of McCain for the attack ads running in New Hampshire (which aren't in fact connected to the Bush campaign).

  • Whereas grotto sculpture in China is usually laid out more or less spontaneously, the caves here were apparently all planned to the last detail before the first stone was chipped, thus eliminating any repetition.

  • Still, there's quite a bit of repetition there, too, which I think is inevitable.

  • The primary settings and programming parameters, like the amplitude and the pulse repetition rate of the output signal of the ITREL-III remained unchanged.


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