"successive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- They established the so-called Spanish branch of the Bavarian royal family, started with Ludwig Ferdinand's parents' marriage but strengthened by successive Spanish marriages in altogether three generations.
- This has led to a practice called serial monogamy, which involves entering into successive marriages over time.
- He established a substantial estate centred on Prendergast, near Haverfordwest, as a result of successive marriages to two wealthy heiresses.
- As was the case with most aristocratic Roman women of the period, Julia's life was focused on her successive marriages and family alliances.
- She was a typical American girl who fell prey to the classic tragedy of successive marriages to men who abused her or let her down in the same way.
- She never came back and the disconsolate Ruswa found comfort in successive marriages and the company of courtesans.
- Serial marriage--a pattern of successive temporary marriages--is cut to order for the Age of Transience in which all man's relationships, all his ties with the environment, shrink in duration.
- He was the youngest of five sons born to Catherine Champernowne in two successive marriages.
- Under the German laws, women had property rights over their dowries and inheritances, a valuable benefit as high mortality rates prompted successive marriages.
- By successive marriages, she became a Portuguese marchioness and a Prussian countess, this last marriage supplying the funds for the hôtel, at which she gave fabulous feasts.
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