SUCCESSION in a Sentence
Learn SUCCESSION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for SUCCESSION, such as:
1. Work hard is absolutely basic to success.
2. Ability and hard work cinched his success.
3. She won the championship four times in succession.
4. She has won the award for the third year in succession.
5. A succession of military defeats weakened the aggressor.
2. Ability and hard work cinched his success.
3. She won the championship four times in succession.
4. She has won the award for the third year in succession.
5. A succession of military defeats weakened the aggressor.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SUCCESSION
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succession
n. a group of people or things arranged or following in order
n. (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 This conversation had occurred while our cab had been threading its way through a long succession of dingy streets and dreary by-ways.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
2 They were so delighted with the song that they sang it right through five times in succession, and might have continued singing it all night if they had not been interrupted.
3 Then, for the seventh time in succession, they both looked out of the window.
4 The archers, having previously determined by lot their order of precedence, were to shoot each three shafts in succession.
5 Of twenty-four arrows, shot in succession, ten were fixed in the target, and the others ranged so near it, that, considering the distance of the mark, it was accounted good archery.
6 Men of their precarious course of life change readily from the banquet to the battle; and, to Richard, the exchange seemed but a succession of pleasure.
7 They rose up, in such quick succession, that he could hardly count them.
8 Eustacia's features went through a rhythmical succession of them.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 3 How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 3 How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
9 Through three dances in succession they spun their way; and then, fatigued with the incessant motion, Eustacia turned to quit the circle in which she had already remained too long.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 3 She Goes Out to Battle against Depression
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 3 She Goes Out to Battle against Depression
10 My friend was in excellent spirits over the success which had attended a succession of difficult and important cases, so that I was able to induce him to discuss the details of the Baskerville mystery.
11 It will be of use to me to hear the succession of events again.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk
Context Highlight In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk
12 The autumn of that year was a stormy one, and there was a long succession of southerly gales.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
Context Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
13 The twinkling succession of darkness and light was excessively painful to the eye.
14 The blinking succession of the days and nights was resumed, the sun got golden again, the sky blue.
15 Despite a succession of governesses and two years at the near-by Fayetteville Female Academy, her education was sketchy, but no girl in the County danced more gracefully than she.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Losing several matches in succession had completely demoralized the team.
2 She won the championship four times in succession.
3 He's been hit by a succession of injuries since he joined the team.
4 The institution of bishops he defends as convenient and of long standing, rather than as based on Apostolic succession.
5 A succession of military defeats weakened the aggressor.
6 She is the world champion for the third year in succession.
7 She has won the award for the third year in succession.
8 The cost of living seems set to drop for the third month in succession.
9 Respondents were shown two products in succession and asked whether they were somehow connected.
10 Upon the demise of the dictator, a bitter dispute about succession to power developed.
11 In the past, companies with sloppy approaches have been able to count on their customers' lack of interest in cybersecurity which has dwindled over the years despite a succession of hacking scandals.
12 Sometimes you are not without effort, but chose the wrong direction; sometimes, success is not your ability, but by the power of others.
13 Ability and hard work cinched his success.
14 There is only one success --- to be able to spend your life in your own way.
15 Work hard is absolutely basic to success.