"repetitive phrase" is a correct and usable term in written English.
It refers to a phrase or group of words that is repeatedly used in a sentence, paragraph, or longer piece of writing. Example: The repetitive phrase "I have a dream" is a powerful and memorable motif in Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech.
The "Emerson" movement of the "Concord" Sonata is divided into "poetry" and "prose" sections, the poetry having a more regular and repetitive phrase structure, the prose open-ended and without frequent bar lines.
These days, music that is recorded by just one person often takes on the aesthetic of the loop — computer technology makes it easy to set up a repetitive phrase and then play along to it.
But, with a little effort, one can imagine that Mallarmé discerned an affinity between his own mode of writing — in which the haunting, repetitive phrase supplanted the concrete elucidation — and "the latest fashion".
Set to music by Dead Can Dance, it begins in a feverish rush: as a group reacts in unison to the pulsating beat in a quick, repetitive phrase of earthy movement, one dancer leaves to run around the perimeter of the stage.
In fact, this aw-shucks "Like many Americans" gambit is a crafted and repetitive phrase, used to obscure transgressions.
Many demonstrators wore the shirts echoing the repetitive phrase Eric Garner spoke as he was being placed in a choke-hold by New York police officers.
The advice is unexceptionable, the repetitive phrasing troublesome.
He plays long chains of repetitive phrases with unnerving speed, force and endurance.
But the movement palette, which draws heavily on stock repetitive phrases and, in places, yoga practice, is utterly forgettable.
You stalked around with your needling flashlight and clipped, repetitive phrases, both director and star of the movie unspooling in your head.
"By playing simple repetitive phrases we are able to hitch a ride with the music and let it take us wherever it will".
