by and by
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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
"Ain't no use sit 'n cry / You'll be an angel by and by / Sail away, ladies, sail away."
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2015
I didn’t figure it was a lie, since who knew for certain what the sweet by and by was?
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
"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
Leon allows only a misty glimpse of the sweet by-and-by.
From Time Magazine Archive
“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
That rosy cheeks don’t last forever, that silver threads will come in the bonnie brown hair, and that, by-and-by, kindness and respect will be as sweet as love and admiration now.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
