Use "succession" in a sentence

1. Someone fires a machine gun into the air - RAT-A-TAT-TAT - and then two more militants follow suit in rapid succession

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2. The physical discomfort that marked out my time alone was matched by a succession of mental aches and pains

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3. We all lived in a succession of moments, the endless now, with no past and no future

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4. There followed a succession of visitors, all of whom took the utmost trouble to check on the children’s health and on their background

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5. Over the next three or four days a succession of busy city types, who had invested in this run down part of the city in an attempt to make a killing on property prices in a rising market, brought around baskets full of striped shirts, frilly blouses and flimsy briefs to be ironed

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6. There followed a succession of visitors, all of whom

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7. Over the next three or four days a succession of busy city types,

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8. She began to pummel Tarak and Kai with questions as they rose pointing here and there in quick succession

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9. Two more arrows sang out in quick succession but to no avail; they hit a tree

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10. Such things as lines of succession and inheritance were concepts he had no feel for

11. Then, as a warbler she couldn’t see sounded a succession of clear notes, much as a herald announcing the entry of a long-awaited personage, rational thought re-asserted itself … the treacherous tussocks became nothing but grass again and the world fell back into balance

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12. Billy is freeing his mind, letting the thoughts flow through him in rapid, staccato succession

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13. several times in quick succession and the Guardians slumped

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14. Brass plates inscribed with the names of each year's classes were to be mounted, in succession, after commencement exercises were completed

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15. in the air and launched a succession of quick kicks

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16. When land, like moveables, is considered as the means only of subsistence and enjoyment, the natural law of succession divides it, like them, among all the children of the family ; of all of whom the subsistence and enjoyment may be supposed equally dear to the father

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17. This natural law of succession, accordingly, took place among the Romans who made no more distinction between elder and younger, between male and female, in the inheritance of lands, than we do in the distribution of moveables

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18. The law of primogeniture, therefore, came to take place, not immediately indeed, but in process of time, in the succession of landed estates, for the same reason that it has generally taken place in that of monarchies, though not always at their first institution

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19. Hence the origin of the right of primogeniture, and of what is called lineal succession

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20. They were introduced to preserve a certain lineal succession, of which the law of primogeniture first gave the idea, and to hinder any part of the original estate from being carried out of the proposed line, either by gift, or device, or alienation; either by the folly, or by the misfortune of any of its successive owners

21. The first exploit of every new reign was commonly to seize the treasure of the preceding king, as the most essential measure for securing the succession

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22. The course of human affairs, by marriage, by succession, and by alienation, necessarily deranged this original division, and frequently threw the lands which had been allotted for the maintenance of many different families, into the

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23. In the Spanish and Portuguese colonies, what is called the right of majorazzo takes place in the succession of all those great estates to which any title of honour is annexed

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24. But, in a new colony, a great uncultivated estate is likely to be much more speedily divided by alienation than by succession

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25. During a quiet moment one day, several thoughts came to my mind in quick succession

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26. The industrious girls immediately open up a bed and breakfast resort where a succession of memorable and comical characters comes to stay

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27. Among brothers and among sisters, the eldest always takes place ; and in the succession of the paternal estate, every thing which cannot be divided, but must go entire to one person, such as a title of honour, is in most cases given to the eldest

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28. As you know, we’ve had a succession of Arrow attacks in the last week

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29. This means that the distances between the letters are so vast, that it requires all 39 books in the Old Testament 9 times in succession to complete the code

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30. cultivation, and a certain succession of crops, during the whole continuance of the lease

31. upon the whole value of the succession

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32. The luctuosa hereditas, the mournful succession of ascendants to descendants, to the twentieth penny only

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33. That tax would be cruel and oppressive, which aggravated their loss, by taking from them any part of his succession

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34. Whatever part of his succession might come to such children, would be a real addition to their fortune, and might, therefore, perhaps, without more inconveniency than what attends all duties of this kind, be liable to some tax

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35. If the stamp is of an inferior price to what the testator ought to have made use of, his succession is confiscated

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36. This is over and above all their other taxes on succession

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37. The effect of Marjory's kiss and Maureen's wriggle were like a left and right hook in quick succession to his senses

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38. For a girl who grew up in the country, where she must have observed the habits of a variety of livestock and a succession of pets, Mama had some surprising inhibitions

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39. Washington and throughout the country as to the succession of

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40. There was a matter of precedence stemming from the succession

41. He was a wise man, and once he realised the powers that were held inside the Globe, mostly by vanquishing his enemies, he ordered the Globe to be given to each King in succession and the secrets to be passed on from King to his son down the ages

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42. The two Ansahs acted as prompters, going through the motions in dumb show, while the lesser chiefs passed, salaaming with outstretched hand to each officer in succession down the line

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43. And there the body had lain for generations, until Evaert, twenty-third in line of succession, found it

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44. " No doubt also that it was all about domestic politics for the battle for succession to replace Premier John Vorster

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45. Therefore there is always adequate leadership and the laws very clear on succession

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46. A catch 22 is rarely able to work in real life and the mere fact that the succession is prearranged makes Presidential assassination unfeasible to the terrorist

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47. He flung the rocks in succession

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48. I’d passed through a succession of homes and hostels, which made me a bit of a loner, so while everyone else was busy celebrating the birth of Christianity, I usually shut myself away in my room, reading a book

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49. Just like a speedboat, the little wavelets lapped at the shore in regular succession

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50. In that position, hidden from the men, she grinned and lifted her eyebrows in rapid succession

51. As Frank rounded the corner, two things happened in quick succession: a sudden red hot pain exploded in his left shoulder, and he was blinded by a bright light

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52. That’s when they heard the cameras go off, three of them in quick succession

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53. In quick succession, I remembered the hardships and the struggle, the love and the support, the despair and the fear, and so much more

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54. Then a succession of taps and they slid down a screen at a time

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55. Three more squeals followed in quick succession, and now that Freda had pointed it out, they could all recognise that it was indeed a pig squealing in terror

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56. In rapid succession I flipped each ball out as, one at a time,

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57. This time though, they came from every direction, first from one officer, then another, in rapid succession

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58. The other men all laughed in quick succession as they turned to see who was cracking the joke

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59. It was at this stage that everyone heard a powerful blast followed a succession of loud explosions sounding off one after another

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60. He whipped them through lanes of traffic and a succession of circles and ramps

61. He cleared his throat twice in succession and saw Raul’s penetrating gaze fix upon him

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62. He steeled himself for the confrontation, muscles tensing and relaxing in quick succession

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63. succession of days and years

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64. After a brief pause, the machine started spewing forth an uninterrupted series of sounds that could have been words in rapid succession, as if it was searching for a certain word, a certain sound, and was trying them all

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65. His body tensed and the Pilgrim seemed to be on the edge as well, the fingers of his hand opening and closing in rapid succession around the knife’s haft in nervous anticipation

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66. Colling listened as Prinzman asked the operator for the number of the 361st Military Police Battalion headquarters and as the first sergeant talked to a succession of individuals on the other end of the line

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67. While they grappled on the floor, Ethan heard a loud shot without warning, then another and one more, all in quick succession

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68. The second, coming in rapid succession, was a vicious sideways swing

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69. Now what about the Seven Churches? Were they meant to be literal references to real churches or were they meant to indicate the various conditions of the same church at different times of the first millennium, or possibly after? If so, the order of succession would have to be adjusted because the first church would have to be the church of the time that John was living in

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70. Readings from other histories are rife with the rivalries of ruling families within which competition and conflict regarding succession of leadership are a major concern, especially in the beginning of dynasties

71. Before it happened at age fifty-two, there had evidently been little thought given to succession

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72. Othman: “He had been a relative and lieutenant of the prophet Mohammed and had married in succession two of the prophet’s daughters

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73. Another level now arose in rapid succession, higher than all the rest, with a gleaming finish that boasted of the many facets of the perfection inherent within its construction

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74. She paused, then sang three songs in succession that were subtly different

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75. She arranged concerts in which I was the featured soloist: a Handel tribute at a venerable theatre in Pretoria where I sang a succession of arias; another concert at the university itself where I sang a programme with her at the piano and a colleague (Yvon Syx), soloist on guitar

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76. This was followed by a succession of unbalanced god-kings, eventually ending with Hirohito

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77. “There are…Complications by way of succession

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78. The War of the Spanish Succession replaced the Hapsburgs with

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79. Cuba’s history after the Spanish-American War involved a succession of dictators who practiced graft, corruption and selective suppression

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80. In theory it sounded good, but in practice, it would be impossible to carry out and lead to constant wars of succession

81. In this first wave at least six large rocks will hit in rapid succession, with three more waves on the way

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82. “That is why some of the tribes believe in matrilineal succession

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83. It seemed that the difficulties with the succession in Gaztela continued

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84. There was also a civil war in Ingalaterra over the succession, but the current king, Eduardo the Fourth (Edward IV), had staged a little incursion against Frantzia in conjunction with Ardangori until the king of Frantzia, Luis the Eleventh, bought him off

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85. The scene changed once more, now flashing images at her in rapid succession

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86. There was also word of a civil war in the evil Ottoman Empire over the succession to the murderous Mohammed the Second, called the Conqueror

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87. We did have a power struggle or two over succession to the Khanate, but they never turned into a war

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88. After his death, there was quite a fight over succession

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89. I’ve never seen such a rapid succession from normal to psychotic in my entire life and there is something else you’ll be interested in

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90. plan with an emphasis on the succession of

91. ’ It may appear to arise in succession but in fact it

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92. Dropping objects such as staplers, binders and tape may not produce a similar sound, but if done in rapid succession could distract others from the initial event

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93. I can scarcely recall my Sire’s last words as he bundled me in his cape amidst the chaos and death that clung to our friends, while fires broke out throughout our home and as vampire heads in their gruesome natural form rolled in succession across our polished wooden floorboards

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94. When the sun rises in the heavens, he comes out through that fourth portal thirty, mornings in succession, and sets accurately in the fourth portal in the west of the heavens; And during this period the day becomes daily longer and the night nightly shorter to the thirtieth morning

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95. M: How can time help you? Time is a succession of moments;

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96. other in endless succession, and in the end we are back at the

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97. 6 The sun that it should go according to each constellation, twelve, and I appointed the succession of the months and their names and lives, their thunderings, and their hour-markings, how they should succeed

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98. Your thoughts and feelings exist in succession,

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99. events, presenting themselves to me in rapid succession, de-

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