How to Use alliterative in a Sentence

alliterative

adjective
  • Just making a movie out of this anonymous, alliterative poem is a wild kind of feat.
    — Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021
  • But how did this Christmastime ritual get its alliterative name in the first place?
    — Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The series abounds with pairs of hapless bozos whose comedic value is underlined by their alliterative names.
    — Alice Bolin, Longreads, 26 June 2018
  • The answer to this week’s contest crossword is an alliterative cartoon character who would have made a good sixth theme answer.
    — WSJ, 4 May 2023
  • Not a weekend passes without an alliterative fundraiser held on their patios.
    — Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Gone, for now, are taco Tuesdays, wine Wednesdays and even non-alliterative traditions such as girls’ night out and date night.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2020
  • That Lightning Lap is also alliterative is a source of amusement and at least a bit of embarrassment.
    — Car and Driver, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Though Wilmette West has a certain alliterative ring to it, the couple went with Chicago.
    — Lisa Gutierrez and Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Bruce Wayne was missing but his alliterative cousin Kate Kane was holding the fort as Batwoman.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Last week, the boys wrote poems, came up with alliterative sentences, sketched animals, and submitted math worksheets and recordings of themselves reading to their teachers.
    — Serena Ng, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Graow felt almost too fun to be true (especially given Graow's alliterative sobriquets for his new crush), but the second issue proves this concept has gas in the tank.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2021
  • That alliterative term may have lost its luster back in the Reagan administration, but its resurrection feels fitting here.
    — Alex Suskind, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Much of the thematic material is transparent, like a simple song a kid would hum, and the alliterative movement titles seemed to cue the orchestra to give it an air of parody.
    — Zoë Madonna, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Mom’s on Marz — the official, alliterative name for the partnership — is one of a host of joint ventures opening throughout the city as a result of the pandemic shutdown.
    — Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com, 28 Sep. 2020
  • How about an alliterative addition?
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
  • Despite the alliterative moniker, the group is more of a loose affiliation of litter-pickers who have found community — and share their bounty — on the website Reddit.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 31 July 2023
  • While Jessa and Ben didn't go the alliterative route like Michelle Duggar, their sons' names share other similarities.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 9 Jan. 2019
  • Alliteration was used as a formal structure in many Indo-European languages, known as alliterative verse.
    — USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
  • Over a Wheezy beat that seesaws between digital comet dust and ghosts playing cello, Gunna coaxes his forebears into an alliterative gymnastics routine for the ages.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
  • If Michael ever considers a career change, Governor Govan has a lot of alliterative appeal.
    — Mark Guiducci, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
  • But the most aggravating episode, the alliterative Sox stupidity, occurred in the sixth when Welington Castillo didn’t run out a popup.
    — Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2018
  • Nothing captured the imagination more than the alliterative vitamin vault, where shoppers could forage for calcium supplements and krill oil in the same setting that bank patrons once retrieved diamonds and stashed cash.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Despite its cute, alliterative name, this facility is a monotonous grey nightmare where the students are taught how to prey on people by a harsh matron (played by Charlotte Rampling) who in turn preys on them.
    — Esther Zuckerman, Marie Claire, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Ah, Sober October – that alliterative time of year when some people like to take a break from drinking, perhaps to atone for the excesses of summer, or to prepare for the excesses of the holiday season.
    — Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • My alliterative schema for the various listening environments, designed to be annoyingly mnemonic, is corner, club, cathedral, and cocoon.
    — Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
  • The kid with the alliterative name is now a senior at Santa Fe Christian and enjoying a memorable season for the 14-6 Eagles.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2022
  • Vegas has swiftly made a reputation for having the best entertainment experience, in-arena atmosphere and other alliterative buzz phrases.
    — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • Trump is savvy enough to use accessible language, short sentence structure, and alliterative slogans which have certainly gained more traction than his opponents on all sides of the aisle who prefer a more sophisticated approach to talking policy.
    — Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 30 Aug. 2024
  • The White House has christened its new alliterative tennis facility, Pandemic Pavilion.
    — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
  • The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight relates this eerily playful tale in 2,530 lines of alliterative verse, a springy and musical metrical form, relishing the gory details.
    — Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021

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