reiterative

Example Sentences

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At a time when classical music largely avoided direct repetition, “Music for 18 Musicians” was reiterative throughout, buoyed by a steady pulse that allowed not a second of silence during its hour of glory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

And in unassuming buildings scattered across Los Angeles, a reiterative imagining of community theater would continue, one Thursday night at a time.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

One guitarist—Dominic James—played bright, reiterative figures in the style of Nigerian highlife; the other—Lionel Loueke—made piercing electric sounds.

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2017

World-weary and reiterative of previous Melrose books, At Last is less a full-fledged chapter of the saga than a summing up; the title itself is a sigh of sour relief.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2012

It is this reiterative nature which, joined to its schematic definiteness, gives Empathy its extraordinary power over us.

From The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics by Lee, Vernon