How to use "succession" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "succession" in popular movie and book plots

  • He drops a succession of light bulbs, one of which hits Tom's head, and a banana bomb, which hits Tom's face.  - The Yankee Doodle Mouse
  • When Elder Ohghi holds the succession ceremony of Star Beast Swords, an earthquake breaks the seal on the Barban.  - Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
  • The succession of monarchs that follows leads France and England to the Hundred Years' War.  - The Accursed Kings
  • Shaddam decides to poison his father in order to speed up his succession to the throne.  - Dune: House Atreides
  • A subsequent succession of humiliations and miseries are heaped upon Lilya.  - Lilya 4-ever
  • He then reveals that Graves has been sabotaging his succession to the throne and has him arrested for violating the Treason Act of 1702.  - King Ralph
  • Henderson learns shortly before Dahfu's death that the Rain King is the next person in the line of succession for the throne.  - Henderson the Rain King
  • Goes into flavorful detail describing such things as primary succession taking root on the island, to life finally blooming.  - Hawaii (novel)
  • He was ebullient over [[James I of England|King James's]] succession to the English throne, and hoped there would be no foreign interference.  - Henry Garnet
  • Security Chief Odo (René Auberjonois) is having a succession of problems with Klingons.  - Blood Oath (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
  • The King dies and a disputed succession takes place.  - With Fire and Sword
  • When Bell cannot, Hundert has the other students perfectly recite the line of succession of the Roman Empire effectively humiliating Bell.  - The Emperor's Club
  • Louis resolves to kill Ascoyne D'Ascoyne and the other seven people ahead of him in succession to the dukedom.  - Kind Hearts and Coronets
  • Rudkus returns to Chicago and holds down a succession of laboring jobs and as a con-man.  - The Jungle
  • The bulk of the movie consists of a succession of comedy sketches, one liner jokes, and visual gags.  - Animal Crackers (1930 film)
  • A long post-war succession of Confederate soldiers returning home stop at Tara to find food and rest.  - Gone with the Wind (novel)

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