How to Use alliteration in a Sentence

alliteration

noun
  • And his turns of phrase, his alliteration and all of that just drew me in.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2019
  • But the real reason had less to do with alliteration and more to do with the almighty.
    — Shoaib Daniyal, Quartz India, 4 June 2019
  • If there's a little alliteration to go off of, all the better.
    — Robert Cocuzzo, Town & Country, 8 Mar. 2017
  • Props to the student who named him for taking alliteration to the next level.
    — Joan Niesen, SI.com, 3 Aug. 2017
  • If that isn't a beautiful thought, at least give me props for my alliteration skillz.
    — Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 28 Oct. 2015
  • For all the euphony and alliteration of the phrase, winter white is more of a squirrel-meat gray.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Yes, we are being paid by the alliteration, and yes, there is a tremendous array of things to do this weekend.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Another thing that comes through loud and clear is the model’s brilliance with alliteration.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • His words caught fire, roared, ready to move people in unison with the memorable lilt of meter and alliteration.
    — Susan J. Wolfson, The Atlantic, 18 June 2022
  • The alliteration, the penchant for articulating ideas in a way that is easy to follow is still there.
    — Janell Ross, Time, 18 July 2023
  • This is also a man who understands the power of alliteration.
    — Molly Fitzpatrick, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2024
  • And his band's name comes from bears being in the Michigan woods as well as Nyblad's love of alliteration.
    — Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News, 29 June 2017
  • The effort doesn’t just focus on caterpillars, but who can resist a good alliteration?
    — Molly Schools, Discover Magazine, 12 May 2020
  • The opening alliteration is some of Pac’s best lyrical display.
    — cleveland.com, 16 June 2017
  • Like most of his work, this poem was meant to be read aloud, using colloquialisms, wordplay, alliteration.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2021
  • The words, in their alliteration and biblical-sounding import, were meant to instill shock and demand respect.
    — John McMurtrie, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2018
  • And in early 2022, cronuts, but that’s just to fortify the alliteration.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The dialogue snaps with playful alliteration, repetition and puns, even rhymes that punch up lines rather than overpower them.
    — Maya Phillips, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Priyanka Chopra's dog @diariesofdiana Looks like alliteration runs in the family!
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2020
  • And his nickname, then, was nothing more than an alliteration between the words in Spanish for butcher (carnicero) and song (canción).
    — Eduardo Halfon, The New York Review of Books, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Each letter in this book features a story in Spanish and an illustration, and alliteration is used as a learning device.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2018
  • For the past 15 months, it’s been my pleasure to bring you news, analysis, and an abundant amount of alliteration each day via Data Sheet.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2023
  • There’s been a ton of success with this program before that but with this latest alliteration of what UCF is, those guys are as big a part of it as anyone.
    — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The relationship between growth and Grafton goes much further than simple alliteration.
    — Geoff Bruce, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Old English poetry takes its shape from its metrical patterns and the alliteration of stressed syllables.
    — Irina Dumitrescu, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Thabiso grabbed the tablet before Likotsi could continue with her horrific attempts at alliteration.
    — Alyssa Cole, Cosmopolitan, 2 Aug. 2017
  • His calls were filled with energy, passion and punchy phrases, often featuring alliteration, and his demeanor and tone would ebb and flow along with the Blazers’ ups and downs.
    — Joe Freeman, oregonlive.com, 12 July 2019
  • The fairy even hovers over Harbart’s suicide, and a similar lighter touch informs the prose, enlivened by assonance and alliteration.
    — John Domini, chicagotribune.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Pleasing alliteration aside, AI is now making the leap from the intangible to the tangible.
    — Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • After a cleansing regurgitation brought on by my alliteration, B-Lee gave me the greenlight.
    — Eliza Gauger, WIRED, 17 May 2007

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