Each successive layer obscures and then partly reveals the one below.

These three operations are performed in the successive layers.

This is repeated three more times, as each successive layer disappears.

But in fact we know that the time-gaps between successive layers may have been very considerable.

Generally critics agree the novel is built upon successive layers of symbolism.

Objects are created by laying down successive layers of material.

Differences between successive layers indicate changes to the environment over time.

Each successive layer of the sunshield is cooler than the one below.

The cement could not be poured all at once but rather in successive layers.

This up and down motion was thought to be responsible for the successive layers of the hailstone.