in quick succession

Example Sentences

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Despite the delay to the initial delivery, the subsequent planes will arrive in quick succession, allowing the airline to return to its original schedule by November, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Then, in quick succession, we see Artie at home with his wife, and at school with his students, another arena in which contemporary politics intrudes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Once it became clear that both of those expulsion votes would likely succeed, the two men resigned in quick succession.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

The deaths of her grandparents in quick succession left her so distraught — they had raised her — that she never finished her dissertation.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

But wording should be varied when an entity is referred to multiple times in quick succession and repeating the name would sound monotonous or would misleadingly suggest that a new actor had entered the scene.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker