Already, he had The Look - the squinty glaze in the eyes that results from the numbing repetition.

Campaigns take on a sameness in their final days, a numbing repetition of speeches and events.

But the repression sweeping China has brought back many once-common practices and controls - from the numbing repetition of a few authorized statements to a modest cult of personality.

In a sense, the numbing repetition of this work is a cause for alarm; it indicates a musical culture governed by habit rather than enthusiasm.

See him wheedle and whine and draw forth miracles through (seemingly) the power of sheer numbing repetition.

The accounts of the refugees here rival those of Kosovo, the horror only lessened by its numbing repetition.

That obedience was the root of its downfall; a numbing historical repetition, those showing the most loyalty receiving the least.

He was hired for a Chandler's store, and in the early weeks the running around and the numbing repetition wore him down.

The machine is available outside of class time and it never grows impatient or bored with the numbing repetition of words and phrases.

This year's Mozart celebrations, for all their numbing repetition of the overfamiliar, will in the end have afforded lasting insights into the composer's development.