Meanings of become successively in English

The sunlight became successively green, white, blue, lavender, rose and gray.

I remember that I became successively irate, pathetic, and bumptious in my secret soul.

We must not forget that this queen, who became successively the wife of Charles VIII.

Dorchester became successively the seat of two great bishoprics -theone West Saxon, the other Mercian.

He became successively Prior of Bec and abbot of William's new foundation of St. Stephen's at Caen.

Footnote 3: Lord Normanby, at this time Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, became successively during the year, Colonial and Home Secretary.

Lineament after lineament, however, became successively known to him, and most of all, the voice served to awaken long dormant recollections.

He worked his way up the business, becoming successively sales manager, managing director for 12 years and, finally, chairman of the board.

Thus he became successively Archdeacon of Trevinjo, Canon of Seville, Bishop of Cartagena, Chancellor of Castile, and Privy Councillor to King Henry III.

A judicial temperament early manifested itself and Taft became successively judge of the Superior Court in Cincinnati and of a United States Circuit Court.

Then he was struck by the fact that these openings became successively and regularly eclipsed, as with the passing of some opaque object behind them.