by and by
Example Sentences
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Seattle isn’t the Big Apple, but it has come a long way by and by, and it was founded in today’s West Seattle.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2022
She said she found herself “hoping to hear, just once more, another story that would, by and by, perhaps change the way I see the world.”
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 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
Then he opened both dead eyes at once then both live ones till by and by your head was back to whirling and you knowed this boy had been wrong, this conjurer was real!
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
