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
We will see you in the by and by, we say.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
"I plan to attempt it again by-and-by," he told reporters.
From Time Magazine Archive
Leon allows only a misty glimpse of the sweet by-and-by.
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
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
“Not at all. You are sixteen now, quite old enough to be my confidant, and my experience will be useful to you by-and-by, perhaps, in your own affairs of this sort.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
