How to Use repetitive in a Sentence

repetitive

adjective
Definition of repetitivenext
Synonyms for repetitivenext
  • She left the job because the work was too repetitive.
  • At the risk of being repetitive, I must remind you again to be careful.
  • The whole debate, if that’s the right word for it, has been stale and repetitive since the mid-1990s.
    — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2023
  • But as in the gym, repetitive work is the price of success.
    — Andrew Heffernan, Men's Health, 8 Feb. 2022
  • But that’s where the hardships come in, the repetitive tasks.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
  • This repetitive process is part of what’s known as the Lanserhof Cure.
    — Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The show overall, though, is too repetitive and cutesy for me.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The repetitive throwing has also taught her to take care of her body.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2023
  • There were girls with a broken pelvis due to repetitive rapes.
    — Jeff Robbins, Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Low-code platforms take over the tedious, the repetitive, and the standard.
    — Earl Duque, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
  • And although one of Patrick’s gifts to us is her honesty, at times the book felt repetitive and too one-note.
    — Steven Petrow, Washington Post, 14 May 2023
  • Phil went along and wrote this ridiculous lyric that went with it — very repetitive.
    — Vulture, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Some of the largest, most repetitive and complex pieces of the DNA puzzle remained in the dark — until now.
    — NBC News, 31 Mar. 2022
  • There’s the cold, the repetitive movement, and the often wet hands, which causes painful skin damage.
    — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The Watch saw no damage after repetitive hits, as seen in the clip below.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Take note of what others are saying to avoid repetitive points.
    — Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
  • What to Consider The low-battery alert sound is loud and repetitive.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Music that is simple, repetitive, and easy to sing (or hum) is most likely to get stuck.
    — WIRED, 15 July 2023
  • Without the turbulence, there is no show here, and at the same time, more of the same rocky road antics between the two could feel repetitive.
    — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 23 May 2024
  • Many Afghans in hotels said there was nowhere for children to play and the food was atrocious, repetitive, and unhealthy.
    — Emma Batha, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The genome itself is quite repetitive and contains more than half a million copies of some of its sequences.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Cushioning: The repetitive nature of striking the ground over and over again can wreak havoc on your feet and joints.
    — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Workers were clocked making these repetitive moves up to nine times per minute.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Some people might call it repetitive or mundane, but that’s where the real skill comes from.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 20 May 2024
  • Cardio refers to any repetitive movement by the big muscles in your body (like your arms and legs) that gets your heart pumping.
    — Elizabeth Millard, C.p.t., SELF, 29 Nov. 2023
  • So the jobs that will be the most challenged will be those that are routine and repetitive—and that includes both blue-collar and white-collar work.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2023
  • They’ve been trained to sit still and perform repetitive work, first by a teacher, then by a manager.
    — Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 7 May 2024
  • There were cheers and claps for an audio glitch that filled the arena with repetitive percussive shots.
    — Ethan Davison, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
  • The day’s repetitive beats are well observed, Tree learns valuable lessons about the true meaning of friendship, and things get even funnier in the sequel.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Seizures in children can look like many different things, from convulsions and random repetitive movements to rhythmic jerking and loss of consciousness.
    — Sarah Bradley, Health, 23 Oct. 2024

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