alliterative

Example Sentences

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She published her first newspaper piece that same year, and adopted the alliterative pen name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Also, Phil isn't the only fuzzy Nostradamus with an alliterative name that claims predictive powers.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2024

They are short and alliterative and easily repeated.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2023

The alliterative phrase, popularized on social media during the pandemic, has become an anti-slogan encapsulating criticisms of millennial White feminism.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2022

My mom once told me that my dad had given me an alliterative name, Wade Watts, because he thought it sounded like the secret identity of a superhero.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline