All 5 Uses of
succession
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- He was driven on, and other carriages came whirling by in quick succession; the Minister, the State-Projector, the Farmer-General, the Doctor, the Lawyer, the Ecclesiastic, the Grand Opera, the Comedy, the whole Fancy Ball in a bright continuous flow, came whirling by.†
Chpt 2.7
- Sydney had been working double tides that night, and the night before, and the night before that, and a good many nights in succession, making a grand clearance among Mr. Stryver's papers before the setting in of the long vacation.†
Chpt 2.11
- This had been the third morning in succession, on which there had been early drinking at the wine-shop of Monsieur Defarge.†
Chpt 2.15
- They continued to be uttered in their regular succession, with the cry, 'My husband, my father, and my brother!' the counting up to twelve, and 'Hush!'†
Chpt 3.10
- Several doors were opened in succession, and finally his own.†
Chpt 3.13 *
Definition:
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(succession as in: a succession of events) series or sequence (one after another)