And then, in rapid-fire succession, two deaths made her desultory courtships seem unimportant.

Each monitor was illuminated, a series of high-contrast images flitting across it in rapid-fire succession.

Dealers in the credit markets are scrambling to cope with a rapid-fire succession of Treasury auctions.

Huerta and Cortez had shot accusations at her in rapid-fire succession.

There was a sensation in his gut, as if he'd just knocked back a few brandies in rapid-fire succession.

Basically every thought I'd ever had in my entire life, I had all over again, one after another in rapid-fire succession.

Once there, Doris peppered Lexie with questions in rapid-fire succession.

Then they started coming in rapid-fire succession.

The words flowed in rapid-fire succession - drug use, suspicion, probable cause - but they were part of a coherent, well-researched argument.

Electric tumblers whirred, and there was the muffled sound of locks opening in rapid-fire succession.