alliteration
Example Sentences
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“A little alliteration was probably involved as well—‘Pit Bull Pollack,’” said Stephen Braga, who worked with Pollack at the Miller, Cassidy firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Daniels: That was really about the alliteration of the Toledo Truth Teller.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025
One for alliteration fans - could Broadway Boy follow Mon Mome, Party Politics and Red Rum as a nifty-sounding National winner for trainer, who has triumphed twice before?
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025
I love alliteration, comes from the in-the-moment interactions I have with people.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2024
Reductio ad absurdum, by this token, would be classed as a figure of thought, whereas isocolon—a sequence of phrases the same length—or alliteration would be figures of speech.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
