over and over

adverb

Examples of over and over in a Sentence

the little girl demanded over and over to be picked up so she could see the performers on stage
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And the cycle of inequity repeats over and over, especially for people who were never invited into those rooms to begin with. Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025 The plot is revealed over and over in scenes where one character or another explains everything to Max, though each scene negates all the exposition in the one preceding it. Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 25 July 2025 Jesse Kearse, a geophysicist at Kyoto University in Japan, watched the YouTube video of the event over and over. Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2025 The news came in a brief Instagram video in which MC flipped her hair back and walked slowly in shiny black leather high-heeled boots and black cat suit in front of a giant mural of herself, with the album title spelled out over and over in black and white behind her. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for over and over

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of over and over was in the 15th century

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“Over and over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20and%20over. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

over and over

adverb
: many times : often
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