before long
Example Sentences
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This will quickly feel mundane, and before long you’ll be trying to talk to all your appliances.
Long shadows promised it would be dark before long, but Eulie and Violet were still working outside.
From Literature
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The first whistles delivered by Hector Flores were gone before long.
From Los Angeles Times
“We doubt the latest news changes much on that front—so, we expect the stock market to rally before long.”
From Barron's
I follow the one path that angles down and sure enough, before long, I’m in a gulley.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.