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
The divisions would make themselves known by and by.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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
“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
“Highty-tighty! Is that the way you take my advice, Miss? You’ll be sorry for it by-and-by, when you’ve tried love in a cottage and found it a failure.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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