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by and by

ADVERB
  1. at some eventual time in the future
    I'll see you later
    By and by he'll understand

How To Use by and by In A Sentence

  • You will read for yourself, by and by, many others: stories of older Saints, and perhaps of brighter Saints, or it may be even of saintlier Saints than these. A Book of Quaker Saints
  • He pinched harder still, and by and by the crisis retreated. EVERVILLE
  • Naturally that attitude would seep into your loved one's consciousness by and by, no matter how self-involved he might be. FLIGHT LESSONS
  • By and by, when in her turn, back in the festally decorated house, she came to give the newly married pair her felicitations, she was well pleased to see Stuart quite himself again, smiling at her with the proud look of the bridegroom from whom no human being can wrest the prize he has just secured. Under the Country Sky
  • As for the latter, it seems to be nothing else but the saying Amen to the Presage, uttered in his accustomary form of Speech, as if he should say, you of the invisible Kingdom of Spirits, have given the Token of my sudden Departure, and you say true, I shall be with you by and by. The Iron Chest of Durley
  • By and by he'll understand
  • The first half-hour after the dishes were washed (a task performed to music, all hands joining in the choruses of "John Peel," "Blow, ye winds of morning," etc.) was spent quietly enough, four of the party at parcheesi, the others busy over crokinole and jackstraws; but by and by there was a cry of "Boston!" and instantly boards and counters were put away on their shelf, and the decks cleared for action. The Merryweathers
  • Lay Low - By And By (Photo: Arnar Omarsson) When you think of Iceland, depending on your interests, you probably think of either) midnight sun (which for the record only occurs in certain parts of Iceland), ... evenfall "evenfall" by agnes montgomery Evenfall is the upcoming LP from Paris 'Sebastien Schuller (out May 25), and the album's stunning collage cover artwork is by one of my favorite ... Artrocker -
  • Suffice it, then, that he ruled in Noumaria five years; that he did what was requisite by begetting children in lawful matrimony, and what was expected of him by begetting some others otherwise; and that he stoutened daily, and by and by decided that the young Baroness von Altenburg -- not excepting even her lovely and multifarious precursors, -- was beyond doubt possessed of the brightest eyes in all history. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes
  • Through the early hours of the day the mottled, pearly clouds keep their shape, with delicious open spaces of tempered blue between; by and by the sky's tender fleece is half shadowed, toward noon it melts into loose mists. An Island Garden
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