Both Uses of
succession
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Soon soft spirts alternating with loud spirts came in regular succession from within the shed, the obvious sounds of a person milking a cow.
Chpt 1-3 *succession = sequence (one after another)
- An indescribable succession of dull blows, perplexing in their regularity, sent their sound with difficulty through the fluffy atmosphere.
Chpt 10-12succession = series (one after another)
Definition:
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(succession as in: a succession of events) series or sequence (one after another)