All 3 Uses of
succession
in
As I Lay Dying
- What had once been a flat surface was now a succession of troughs and hillocks lifting and falling about us, shoving at us, teasing at us with light lazy touches in the vain instants of solidity underfoot.
Chpt 34succession = series (one after another)
- He is just above the top of the ford and the horse has a purchase of some sort for it surges forward, shining wetly half out of water, crashing on in a succession of lunges.
Chpt 34
- They roll up out of the water in succession, turning completely over, their legs stiffly extended as when they had lost contact with the earth.
Chpt 34 *succession = sequence (one after another)
Definition:
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(succession as in: a succession of events) series or sequence (one after another)