6 sentences with 'succession'
Example sentences and phrases with the word succession and other words derived from it.
• « She was a very pretty girl, by the time she graduated an endless succession of suitors had paraded through her house. »
• « Rome prospered during this period under this relatively meritocratic system of political succession. »
• « The overall effect was, if it worked, a clear succession of power rather than the constant bloodshed and uncertainty that had dogged Roman politics for half a century; »
• « Finally, the Carolingian dynasty lasted an even shorter period than the Merovingian. The problem, again, was the law of Frankish succession. »
• « On the way, the crusaders and sailors learned of a succession dispute in Constantinople and decided to intervene. The intervention turned into an outright invasion, with the Crusaders carrying out a horrifically bloody sack of the ancient city. »