hit repeatedly
Frequency: 6.04.2 per million words
to strike many times
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Examples (20)
- The boxer hit his opponent repeatedly until the referee stopped the fight.
- He hit the nail repeatedly until it was flush with the wood.
- He was accused of hitting the table repeatedly in frustration.
- The boxer hit his opponent repeatedly in the ribs.
- The waves hit the shore repeatedly, eroding the sand.
- She hit the snooze button repeatedly this morning.
- She hit the wrong key repeatedly while typing, causing many errors.
- The bird hit the window repeatedly, trying to get inside.
- Despite being hit repeatedly by criticism, the artist continued to paint.
- They hit the wall repeatedly with a sledgehammer to break it down.
- The machine malfunctioned and began to hit the metal plate repeatedly with force.
- The angry child hit the floor repeatedly with his toy.
- The child hit the drum repeatedly, making a loud, rhythmic sound.
- Waves hit the shore repeatedly during the storm.
- Activists have been hitting the streets repeatedly to protest the new law.
- He hit the brakes repeatedly to stop the car on the ice.
- The small boat was hit repeatedly by the harsh storm.
- The tennis player hit the ball repeatedly against the practice wall.
- He kept hitting his head repeatedly against the wall in despair.
- The victim was hit repeatedly with a blunt object.