one after another

phrase

1

: in a continuing series

The buses kept arriving, one after another.

One person after another walked out of the concert.

2

: each one in a continuing series

One after another of her friends got married and moved away.

Examples of one after another in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By the time Nashville’s mecca of country music, CMA Fest, rolled around in June, Lefty was playing to a capacity crowd, and her tour dates started selling out one after another. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

The men testified one after another as Eaton, now 51, watched stoically from the defense table in a Burlington courtroom. — Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Germany is failing because it is being overrun by migrants, one after another says. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026

Then, Clancy methodically killed the kids one after another and then attempted suicide by throwing herself out of her second-story bedroom window, prosecutors said. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for one after another

• brother
• mother
• nother
• other
• smother
• souther
• godmother
• grandmother
• stepbrother
• stepmother