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“All I know is you need someone, in the by and by, you need someone who’s gonna cry for you,” Bird crooned, eyes closed, voice nearly breaking with emphasis on the aptly titled “Need Someone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
If more people take initiative like this, it might happen, by and by.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2022
In a volume of autobiography, he recalled: ‘In the early days I liked Bret Harte . . . but by and by I got over it.’
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2019
For knowing people of faith who aid those in need — the genesis, by and by, of the Salvation Army’s red kettles and faithful bell ringers, and the blessings from Catholic Charities.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2018
We will see you in the by and by, we say.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
Leon allows only a misty glimpse of the sweet by-and-by.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I plan to attempt it again by-and-by," he told reporters.
From Time Magazine Archive
Teen magazines thus urge their advertisers to pursue the consumer "not in the sweet by-and-by, but in the much sweeter now-and-now."
From Time Magazine Archive
“Mayn’t I hope you’ll change your mind by-and-by? I’ll wait and say nothing till you have had more time. Don’t play with me, Meg. I didn’t think that of you.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
“There is a lovelier country even than that, where we shall go, by-and-by, when we are good enough,” answered Meg with her sweetest voice.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
