Words similar to predecessor

Example sentences for: predecessor

How can you use “predecessor” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

ABC News president David Westin is the latest star in the network news soap opera . USA Today implied that Westin's predecessor, the legendary Roone Arledge, is being kicked upstairs because ABC is losing the ratings war to NBC.
Before long he had squandered his predecessor's magnificent legacy.
The Matterhorn footwear by Cove Shoe Co. is lighter, cooler, more shock-absorbent and water-resistant than its traditional predecessor.
"She's a one-woman phenomenon"-- an admiring comment from her predecessor, Mickey Kantor.
While welcoming the fact that he paid his first postelection foreign visit (but before he took over as chancellor) to France, the article noted that Schröder's French wasn't any better than that of his predecessor, Helmut Kohl.