one after another
idiom
1
: in a continuing series
The buses kept arriving, one after another.
One person after another walked out of the concert.
2
: each one in a continuing series
One after another of her friends got married and moved away.
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During a sentencing hearing earlier Wednesday, one after another, the friends and family of the four University of Idaho students murdered by Bryan Kohberger vented their emotions in sobs, insults and curses before a packed courtroom Wednesday as he was sentenced to life in prison.
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Rebecca Boone, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
Morning arrived upon the sea where the ship was heading toward the horizon, that great slope made of other smaller slopes, which the ship tackles one after another, like an ant attacking one furrow after another.
—Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Adams’ stinging accusations came as community members took to the microphone one after another to criticize the mayor’s leadership, behavior and alleged mismanagement.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
It’s believed to be able to penetrate about 200 feet below the surface before exploding, and the bombs can be dropped one after another, drilling deeper and deeper with each successive blast.
—David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
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Rebecca Boone, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
Morning arrived upon the sea where the ship was heading toward the horizon, that great slope made of other smaller slopes, which the ship tackles one after another, like an ant attacking one furrow after another.
—Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Adams’ stinging accusations came as community members took to the microphone one after another to criticize the mayor’s leadership, behavior and alleged mismanagement.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
It’s believed to be able to penetrate about 200 feet below the surface before exploding, and the bombs can be dropped one after another, drilling deeper and deeper with each successive blast.
—David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for one after another
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“One after another.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20after%20another. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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