How to Use succession in a Sentence

succession

noun
  • As third in the line of succession, she would only become queen if her brothers both died or became ineligible.
  • Then, three shots ring out in quick succession.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Four of them came in succession.
    — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • What about the line of succession?
    — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The deals came in rapid succession.
    — Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
  • To tamp is to drive in or down by a succession of light or medium blows.
    — Bernadette Kinlaw, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2021
  • Have succession plans been made?
    — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The seasons are such that the plants die and bloom in quick succession.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Sticks clacked in quick succession as passes moved up the ice.
    — Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Then the shots were so frequent and then such rapid succession.
    — Mike Toole, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • Their eight and nine hitters reached in rapid succession in the top of the sixth.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025
  • And the seasons are such that the plants die and bloom in quick succession.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • After that, all through the night their blows fell in quick succession.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Then, sounding less than a mile away, two were fired in quick succession.
    — Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
  • That is why so many succession plans go sideways.
    — Brian Duggan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • The toilet flushed-not once or twice, but three times in quick succession.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Iran has moved quickly to start the succession process.
    — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
  • For one thing, the board appears to be more in charge of the succession process.
    — Harry Kraemer, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Change is always hard, but there’s a succession plan.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Do not try to do all of these at once or in rapid succession, Joseph warned me.
    — Sara Sidner, CNN Money, 20 July 2025
  • Were the messages sent in quick succession?
    — PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • No more clones means no succession and the Empire dies at dusk.
    — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Her children are not in the line of succession to the throne, either.
    — Town & Country, 7 May 2023
  • Once Gingrich was gone, the line of succession was not clear.
    — Ron Elving, NPR, 27 Apr. 2024
  • Most teams would struggle with the loss of one top scorer let alone four in succession.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 31 May 2021
  • The succession of the five plays is different for each group.
    — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The succession planning angle is an easy sell with this route.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The icing on the succession cake?
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Brown keyed the next Celtics charge by earning a steady succession of trips to the foul line.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Soon, though, Tehran will have to announce a succession plan.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026

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