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

But did all these events happen one after another or years apart? — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

There is a single stage, and over the course of six days, contestants take it one after another to play one song for a panel of judges and a smattering of spectators. — David Alm, Longreads, 1 Oct. 2026

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

Rhymes for one after another

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