in succession

phrase

: 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

Manchester City are likely to top the list of distributions to clubs under FIFA’s Club Benefits Programme (CBP) for the third World Cup in succession, calculations from The Athletic have found. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Also, advised Coleman, try to choose plants that bloom in succession. — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026

The former Phillies reliever retired his old teammates in succession. — Kansas City Star, 5 July 2026

This forces the lower esophageal sphincter, the valve between the esophagus and the stomach, to open and close rapidly in succession. — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Rhymes for in succession

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