by and by

Example Sentences

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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

Then, by and by, I had to poop.

From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2017

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