in succession

idiom

: following one after the other

The guests arrived in succession.

He won the championship twice in succession.

She listed the names in quick/rapid succession.

Examples of in succession in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rushworth was on the bench for 12 Premier League matches in succession from January as cover for Verbruggen during Steele’s recovery from shoulder surgery. —Andy Naylor, New York Times, 27 June 2025

Pick and choose from this list or watch them in succession to be taken on a journey through films that dovetail one another’s discourse on masculinity, women’s rights, the harsh conditions of rural life, and the importance of film as a form of resistance. —Tiara Ataii, Vulture, 24 June 2025

Walkers are flanked by the Central Swiss Alps, the Bernese Oberland, the Freiburger Alps and Jorat’s endless forests and can choose between various paths or follow them in succession. —Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025

Kyle, who won 101 international caps for Canada, is returning to play for the third year in succession. —Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025

Rhymes for in succession

• decompression
• dispossession
• indiscretion
• intercession
• introgression
• nonaggression
• prepossession
• recompression
• repossession
• retrocession
• retrogression
• supersession