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.
• The baby will be 13th in the line of succession to the British throne.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
• Their eight and nine hitters reached in rapid succession in the top of the sixth.
  — Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025
• What's the Targaryen line of succession on the Iron Throne?
  — Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Aug. 2024
• The Dance of the Dragons has been a bit of a slow burn, but the Targaryen war of succession burns on.
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
• Archie and Lilibet were too low in the line of succession when they were born to be prince and princess.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023
• So many in one area in quick succession is kind of strange.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2022
• Her children are not in the line of succession to the throne, either.
  — Town & Country, 7 May 2023
• Do not try to do all of these at once or in rapid succession, Joseph warned me.
  — Sara Sidner, CNN Money, 20 July 2025
• To tamp is to drive in or down by a succession of light or medium blows.
  — Bernadette Kinlaw, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2021
• The birth means Prince Andrew, the Queen’s second son, moves down one place to ninth in the line of succession.
  — Jason Douglas, WSJ, 6 June 2021
• This was more about her standing as the number three in the line of succession.
  — CBS News, 17 Aug. 2022
• The new baby will be 13th in the line of succession to the British throne, just after August.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2023
• Once Gingrich was gone, the line of succession was not clear.
  — Ron Elving, NPR, 27 Apr. 2024
• The goals for Gotham came in quick succession in the first half and Bay never could equalize.
  — Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 25 May 2024
• The succession of the five plays is different for each group.
  — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
• After that, all through the night their blows fell in quick succession.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 16 Feb. 2021
• As the name suggests, Star VII was the seventh reindeer in the line of succession.
  — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
• The Rapids responded to the first goal by scoring two in quick succession to take the lead toward the end of the first half.
  — Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 21 July 2024
• The toilet flushed-not once or twice, but three times in quick succession.
  — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 29 Mar. 2021
• The succession plan has been years in the making, Ogden said.
  — Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2021
• Her relatives are also not in the line of succession to the throne.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 May 2023
• When the question of succession comes, the founders’ kids don’t always have the will or knowledge to take over.
  — Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2024
• Upon her birth, Lady Sarah was seventh in the line of succession to the throne, but she's now moved down to the 28th spot.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 16 June 2022
• Though spread across 30 miles, the attacks took place in quick succession.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 17 Mar. 2021
• Her arrival knocked Prince Andrew down to ninth place in the line of succession.
  — Washington Post, 7 June 2021
• Read more about the history of the line of succession and see the current order here.
  — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 26 July 2021
• The Americans took control, and three goals in rapid succession pushed the score to 4-0.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2022
• Prince Albert's niece, Pauline Ducruet, is 16th in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 18 June 2022
• When hurricanes arrive in rapid succession, emergency services can get overwhelmed, supply chains can be cut off and infrastructure still damaged from a recent storm becomes more vulnerable.
  — New Atlas, 11 Aug. 2025