Example Sentences

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They were repeating what they learned in school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

During summer school, Ruiz said, she was called into a classroom where kindergartners were repeating their parents’ worries — often, what parents heard on the news — but not understanding the gravity of the situation.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2025

England were lacklustre and predictable, struggling to create chances and growing frustrated as each minute passed, feeling as if they were repeating the same things to no avail.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2023

We did not know we were repeating a journey in reverse made 66 years earlier.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022

They were repeating the speech, word for word.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White