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Example sentences for "repetition"

Lexicographically close words:
repercussions; repertoire; repertories; repertory; reperused; repetitions; repetitive; repine; repined; repines
  1. While the construction of these new cylinders involved a repetition of the arduous task of brazing, yet the minor improvements which were introduced [p237] proved eminently successful in providing against future troubles from leaky jackets.

  2. It is inevitable that in so complex a study some repetition should present itself, especially in the narrative form chosen as the best method of presenting the subject to the reader.

  3. She had met all her advances towards a closer intimacy with marked coldness; which, instead of repelling, seemed only to provoke a repetition of the vulgar, forcing familiarity, from which she intuitively shrank.

  4. Repetition had softened the anguish of this second parting; the bitterness of grief was already past; and the sun of hope was calmly rising above the clouds of sorrow, which had hung for the last weary days so loweringly above our emigrants.

  5. Owing to our explanations constantly vibrating between the same points, an irksome repetition of words must occur; also the use of capital letters, genders, and technicalities peculiar to the science.

  6. There is a repetition of the old arguments in a sermon, Increase of the Kingdom of Christ (N.

  7. He will be quite satisfied with euphonious and respectful repetition of them.

  8. If it keeps the leader, but drops the lateral, it takes the form A, and next year by a repetition of the process, B.

  9. It was not until 1739, upon the repetition of Spanish cruelties and aggression towards the industrious and defenceless subjects of Britain, that the system of Marine Regiments was renewed.

  10. To prevent the repetition of such a period in our history, a fostering care of our Navy, and every branch attached to it, appears the wisest system, and the most incumbent duty.

  11. The Prophecy therefore of the seven thunders is nothing else than a repetition of the Prophecy of the seven trumpets in another form.

  12. Placards, apprising the public of the illegality of the bull baiting, were posted in the town and neighbourhood, and the threatened and attempted repetition of this barbarous scene was prevented without any loss of life or serious injury.

  13. The punishment was considered far too light to deter a repetition of the offence, which opinion was subsequently justified.

  14. His estimate of his own capabilities was only the repetition of the medieval formula, with its profession of inadequacy for the task and its claim to have used simple speech devoid of rhetorical ornament.

  15. It will be noted, however, that Udall's advocacy of freedom is an individual reaction, not the repetition of a formula.

  16. Though the translator's field was widening and was becoming more broadly European, the works chosen for translation belonged largely to the types popular in the Middle Ages and the comment attached to them was a repetition of timeworn phrases.

  17. Praise of Guevara's style becomes a wearisome repetition of conventional phrases, a rhetorical exercise for the English writer rather than a serious attempt to analyze the peculiarities of the Spanish.

  18. The repetition of the phrase 'are explained' is meant to intimate that the end of the adhyâya has been reached.

  19. The word thus being a compound there is neither a repetition of the word 'five,' involving two pentads, nor does the one five qualify the other, as the mere secondary member of a compound cannot be qualified by another word.

  20. The contemplation of God and the frequent repetition of these beautiful Bible passages will increase your faith and your consciousness of oneness with the Infinite.

  21. Never tell people of your aches and pains, for every repetition means etching the black pictures of these conditions deeper and deeper into your consciousness.

  22. They do not know the power that inheres in the repetition of the spoken word, and in the influence of the thought expressed.

  23. It is perfectly possible by means of affirmation, the constant repetition in heart to heart talks with yourself to regain your power to sleep normally.

  24. That's all there was to it, and I don't see for my part, what you have gained by a repetition of the same, or why you lay so much stress upon her gesture.

  25. Sweetwater's hand, lifted in repetition of his knock, hung suspended.

  26. There was no special emphasis of his repetition of Martin's word.

  27. It delighted his ear, and he grew intoxicated with the repetition of it.

  28. The steerage, where were two wounded hunters, was a repetition of the forecastle, except that Wolf Larsen was not being cursed; and it was with a great relief that I again emerged on deck and went aft to the cabin.

  29. On his return to London, Pickle gave the following information, in part a repetition of what he had already stated: ' .

  30. In 1754, two years after the anonymous denunciation, we find a repetition of the charge of treachery against Glengarry.

  31. But as I am hopfull that his Majesty is fully Informed of all that is past, and what is now a Transacting, I will not trouble his Majesty with a repetition of facts, which I am hopfull he has been Informed off from the fountaine head.

  32. And Denisov told the esaul that the dispatch just delivered was a repetition of the German general's demand that he should join forces with him for an attack on the transport.

  33. Prince Andrew repeated, but Pierre, giving him no time to reply, took the repetition for a denial, the more readily as he knew Prince Andrew's former atheistic convictions.

  34. The monotonous tones of this old woman’s voice sounded like the repetition of a psalm over a coffin.

  35. He did not think of any possible repetition of her adventures in Richmond Park.

  36. It seemed but for the greatness of the room, to be a repetition of one of those evenings at Borva, that now belonged to a far off past.

  37. The opera had been billed in advance for a repetition on the following Saturday night, the understanding among the powers being that if it failed to get a sufficient measure of favor the bill should be changed.

  38. But Mary by the second or third repetition began reading an important significance into it.

  39. The repetition within a few sentences is not inconsistent with Dionysius’ practice in such matters: cp.

  40. Locke's process of repetition could tell us that a number had been extended up to a given point; not that it could be extended without limit.

  41. According to Leibniz, this repetition, however long continued, can give no idea beyond itself; it can never generate the idea that the process of repetition may be continued without a limit.

  42. He even then only granted the dispensation after imposing on that Christian king the repetition of a certain number of prayers and the performance of certain pious deeds.

  43. The next day was a repetition of those which had gone before it.

  44. Then, when he was a little calm, they obtained from him a repetition of the leading facts of the conversation.


  45. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "repetition" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    alternation; clone; constancy; continuation; continuity; copy; counterfeiting; counterpart; ditto; double; doubling; drill; dupe; duplicate; duplication; echo; endurance; evenness; extension; facsimile; following; forgery; imitation; impersonation; imposture; impression; iteration; lengthening; maintenance; metaphor; mirroring; model; parody; pattern; perpetuation; perpetuity; perseverance; persistence; plagiarism; practice; progress; progression; prolongation; protraction; pulsation; punctuality; pursuance; quadruplicate; quotation; rapidity; reappearance; rebirth; rebuilding; recital; reconstruction; recurrence; regeneration; regularity; regurgitation; rehearsal; reincarnation; reissue; reiteration; remaking; renascence; renewal; renovation; reorganization; repeat; repetition; replica; replication; representation; reproduction; restoration; resumption; resurrection; return; revision; revival; run; simile; simulation; speech; staccato; stuttering; sustenance; takeoff; tattoo; tautology; triplicate; uniformity; verbiage; vibration; way; following; forgery; imitation; impersonation; imposture; impression; iteration; lengthening; maintenance; metaphor; mirroring; model; parody; pattern; perpetuation; perpetuity; perseverance; persistence; plagiarism; practice; progress; progression; prolongation; protraction; pulsation; punctuality; pursuance; quadruplicate; quotation; rapidity; reappearance; rebirth; rebuilding; recital; reconstruction; recurrence; regeneration; regularity; regurgitation; rehearsal; reincarnation; reissue; reiteration; remaking; renascence; renewal; renovation; reorganization; repeat; repetition; replica; replication; representation; reproduction; restoration; resumption; resurrection; return; revision; revival; run; simile; simulation; speech; staccato; stuttering; sustenance; takeoff; tattoo; tautology; triplicate; uniformity; verbiage; vibration