Consistency can be a virtue but repetitiousness is not.

Something about the repetitiousness of the surroundings homogenized us; we soon blended in.

But then, that is what Warhol was all about: the banal repetitiousness of modern life.

Most are written not just with stultifying solemnity but remarkable repetitiousness.

"I find it artificial, and the noise bothers me - the repetitiousness.

This arpeggio is used only five times in the whole piece, just enough to relieve the repetitiousness of the other two rhythms.

The use of several cells also gives greater possibilities of length, for there is less risk of repetitiousness.

This is partly because of the repetitiousness of Prendergast's charming, highly personable style.

The words of this song lacked the purity of "Whispering Hope," and there was a certain repetitiousness about them.

Banality and repetitiousness.

Early Excitement Gone "There is a certain repetitiousness to parts of the job," Dean Vorenberg said.

Despite some repetitiousness, Mr. Grigorovich has produced some highly imaginative choreography and he is served by outstanding dancers.

According to Kirk, "such extravagances, together with a marked repetitiousness, have made Eliade unpopular with many anthropologists and sociologists".

Because there can never be too much of background"; the book "will take every bit of experience and thought and feeling that I have"; "Afraid of repetitiousness.

Despite the choreography's blatant repetitiousness and an uneasy inspirational tone that depicts mere mortals seeking the meaning of life, the ballet virtually flies.

It's one thing for Lydia to notice "the dense repetitiousness of her days" as she climbs the subway steps or takes a break from cleaning a luxurious apartment.

His stump appearances lately are more remarkable for what the audiences do not ask about the flat tax than for the dedicated repetitiousness of Mr. Forbes's performance.

These and similar charges leveled at Marlowe by several others are cited over and over again in Riggs's book, such repetitiousness being one of its few flaws.

But none of the rationales or the proposed panaceas work, and Mr. Shields is effective in conveying the endlessness of stuttering, its maddening, defeating repetitiousness.

Its now-ingenuous pop-rock oratorio sound welcomely predates the overblown, pseudo-operatic repetitiousness and self-importance of Lord Lloyd Webber's later music.

He may be right; the actors here give it a terrific shot, and if there are dead spots in the performances, they have to do with repetitiousness of expression and gesture.

Still, Mr. Webber's music can soar to his by now-familiar but unfailingly rousing moments of escalating intensity, even when those effects are induced by pounding repetitiousness.

Judge Ito, who has betrayed his irritation with Mr. Scheck in the past, gave him little slack, sustaining many objections to his questions and accusing him of repetitiousness.

If you haven't seen the company before, be prepared for an evening of outrageous hilarity; if you have, be prepared for perhaps a touch too much repetitiousness and predictability.

By the early 1940s, the repetitiousness and extravagance of some of these stories led to objections from some fans and the coining of the term in its original, pejorative sense.