The students relied on rotes to pass the exam, but they struggled to apply the concepts in real situations.

She recited the poem rotely, her eyes fixed on the page.

Trapped in a daily rote, he completed each task without thinking.

His success was the result of rote practice rather than true understanding.

Each night the sentries rote their rounds, each taking his turn in succession.

At dawn we sat on the cliff, listening to the rote while the tide slipped away.

Before the concert, she carefully tuned her worn rote, a guitar whose notes were produced by a small wheel, and checked the wheel's mechanism to ensure it would sustain the melody.

He roted the poem into memory the night before the recital.

The students were roting the vocabulary list late into the night, hoping to pass the exam.