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

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

It’s easy enough to write off the twee alliteration of the three J-named exes as a kind of light rhyme or fairy-tale resonance.

From New York Times • May 20, 2024

The Monday thing wasn’t just alliteration, either, but was instead built on research: Considered the beginning of the week in the U.S.,

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2023

And even where something appears merely decorative—a run of alliteration or a mellifluously turned sentence—it serves to commend the speech more easily to memory, and to give pleasure to the audience.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith