How to Use over and over in a Sentence

over and over

adverb
  • It must be earned, over and over.
    — Karin Eldor, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Eat the same few meals over and over.
    — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But the ball found him, over and over.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • That is proven over and over and over.
    — Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Does that get tough to hear over and over again?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Yet both said the same word over and over again.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Lown asked them to play some parts over and over again.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Stay present for each move at a time, over and over.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
  • She had been stabbed and slashed, over and over and over again.
    — C. A. Bridges, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2023
  • And over the years, she’s was asked to do it over and over.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Derek has played over and over in his head the events of that day.
    — Kelly Smith, Star Tribune, 25 June 2021
  • Will be making this over and over again!
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Will be making this over and over again!
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
  • Ghadimi licked her lips over and over.
    — Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Democrats will be ready to come back and do this over and over again.
    — Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
  • For love has its sour side, as these songs tell us over and over.
    — Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
  • At least that’s what you guys said, over and over and over and over.
    — Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Choose yourself, over and over again.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 21 May 2026
  • Tiafoe slammed his racket on his bag over and over.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • Brunson has done stuff like this over and over again.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • Michael strangled me over and over again for six hours.
    — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Launch your seven-year-old over and over and over.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
  • This is a movie that my mom and my aunts would watch over and over again.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 26 Oct. 2022
  • It’s been blocked over and over and over again by Democrats.
    — NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Repeat it over and over with all the claps in the world.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Wendy is special, we’re told over and over again.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • What is a fate worse than dying over and over and over again?
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Nicky is sent to bring them back, and dies over and over again in the process.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 July 2025
  • Some of the works would be labored over and over and over again.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • But who wants to be drinking the same thing over and over again?
    — Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024

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