subsequence

Example Sentences

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In the subsequence campaigns, including the Battle of the Blood River, he fought at my side and ultimately received a good share of captured cattle.

From Allan and the Holy Flower by Haggard, Henry Rider

A literary coincidence compounded of a discreditable priority and an honorable subsequence.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

The will of the artist and his artistic effect constitute a force which may abrogate the laws of cause and effect, or of precedence and subsequence in time.

From Literature in the Elementary School by MacClintock, Porter Lander

Let us now disturb the señor behind the bar for a subsequence of the red wine.'

From Cabbages and Kings by Henry, O.