How to Use by in a Sentence

by

1 of 3 preposition

• They have a house by the lake.
• Some friends stopped by our house for a chat.
• The bus went right by him without stopping.
• His wife was sitting by him.
• Why don't you come by my place later?
• But the change has been backed in the past by Democrats.
  — Jackie Borchardt, The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2021
• The man grabbed the sister by the hair and pulled her to the ground.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 22 July 2023
• These teams should be at the peak of their game by then.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2021
• The team was able to get water to them by the next day.
  — Shondiin Silversmith, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2020
• Blue was well aware of the large droplets produced by singing.
  — Calli McMurray, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2022
• The only scoring in the first half was a trio of field goals by Lutz.
  — Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
• People may stop by at any time to walk through the flags and pay tribute.
  — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2020
• The best way to do that is by taking fewer people afield at a time.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 12 Jan. 2021
• Which team can handle one loss, and which team might be done in by it?
  — Doug Lesmerises, oregonlive, 14 July 2021
• Catch the best deals on the best products, picked by our editors.
  — Gear Team, Wired, 26 Jan. 2022
• Lovell’s was the third news conference held by police this week to plead their case to the city.
  — oregonlive, 10 July 2020
• The last four players who led by five shots going into the weekend went on to win.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 9 Apr. 2022
• What followed was a medley of hits that traipsed by so quickly that some were easy to miss.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 12 Feb. 2024
• Times Square is one of many stores owned by Al Bartell.
  — Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2020
• There is no way they couldn’t have been influenced by it.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 June 2022
• The pool was built by then, and there's a vibe here that people really liked.
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2021
• The Bear offense had by far its best performance of the season.
  — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2022
• The series is named for the first book in a trio by author Jenny Han.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022
• Grouping items by function or season goes a long way in keeping things neat in the garage.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2022
• Some have risked their lives by taking snaps of themselves hanging from a cliff or from the side of a skyscraper.
  — cleveland, 17 Dec. 2021
• Police said the pair fled from the vehicle and were gone by the time police arrived.
  — Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com, 6 Aug. 2021
• Submit your question by clicking on the 'ask now' button at the top and bottom of the page.
  — The Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2020
• Iranians voted with their feet by not showing up at the polls.
  — CBS News, 20 June 2021
• He was identified in the video by his tattoos, Sanders said.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2020
• Players can reserve the courts by emailing [e-mail].
  — Charles Infosino, The Enquirer, 9 June 2022

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by

2 of 3 adverb

• The bus went right by without stopping.
• Why don't you come by later?
• We stood and applauded as the parade went by.
• José leaned against a car and watched the crowds pass by.
  — Rekha Tenjarla, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
• The women stop by twice a day to feed and check on them.
  — Allison Klein, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2018
• But the months have flown by and the paper is piled high.
  — Bek Mitchell-Kidd, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• Goats and sheep look up from a munch to watch a car drive by.
  — Jill Barth, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
• Loyola has the worst seed in the region but not by much.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 21 Mar. 2018
• Video of the ride showed the crack in the beam as cars packed with with riders whizzed by.
  — CBS News, 3 July 2023
• Feature a drive through the area to show what's close by.
  — Forbes Biz Council Expert Panel, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
• Kids and their parents join the group on their own bikes when the pack rolls by.
  — Adrienne So, WIRED, 27 Jan. 2023
• Months went by, and there was no end to the travel ban in sight.
  — Ellen Carmichael, National Review, 15 July 2021
• Sales of wine and beer rose as well, though not by quite as much.
  — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2021
• No one seemed to walk by without glancing at the steps.
  — The Courier-Journal, 23 Apr. 2023
• But the weeks and months went by, and nothing happened.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2021
• Close the drapes so the dog doesn’t see people walking by.
  — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 Oct. 2017
• Some neighbors stop by for a cup of sugar or a spare egg.
  — Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2018
• Until then, at least the billboards are fun to drive by.
  — Maggie Gordon, Houston Chronicle, 27 June 2018
• Their lonely whistles are faint echoes of a rich time gone by.
  — Frank Batavick, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2022
• Sabit sat for the interview, but months went by with no news.
  — Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021
• Why not stop by, pick up a tag and shop for someone who needs help this year.
  — cleveland, 5 Dec. 2022
• As time has gone by, my husband and I have grown apart.
  — Annie Lane, cleveland, 11 Jan. 2023
• So Love could be ahead of that timeline, but not by much.
  — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 14 Nov. 2017
• Thirty-six years and lots of cases had gone by since then.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
• There are lots of friendly waves when people walk or drive by.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2022
• Years pass by, pandemic shuts down and those two years come and go.
  — William E. Ketchum Iii, Billboard, 23 Nov. 2022
• But tell you what: Any time a poodle or small dog walks by?
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 9 May 2023
• There are cars that are sexier or faster, but not by much.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2018
• So, when a full-sized pineapple walked by, our heads were turned.
  — Mara Severin, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2021
• His defense will do better this time around, but not by much.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2019

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by

3 of 3 noun

• As the passer-by drove off, the man hit his car with the tool.
  — Bay City News, The Mercury News, 21 June 2019
• More than a decade ago, her son was shot in a drive-by.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
• The by-laws also set the date to hold the annual meeting.
  — Howard Dakoff, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2022
• But that's by the by for these rumour mongers, of course.
  — SI.com, 2 Oct. 2019
• The shots were fired from outside the home in an apparent drive-by.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 16 Oct. 2021
• Police said dozens of shots rang out in a drive-by and many of them struck the hotel.
  — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 16 Jan. 2018
• What about when the patient load at the hospital is on drive-by?
  — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 8 Aug. 2020
• The writers are on stand-by in case any last minute conflicts arise.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2018
• Bryan Shelton said the shooting could have been a drive-by.
  — Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 29 May 2017
• This health and safety measure within the by-laws will not be waived.
  — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 13 Mar. 2020
• In the courtyard outside the studio his paintings stand in the sun, to be viewed by passers-by.
  — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2017
• Do a drive-by to check line length before parking and going in.
  — Naomi Thomas and Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 2 Nov. 2020
• The report gives a minute-by-minute account of the struggle to save lives in the berthing where sailors were sleeping.
  — Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2017
• The species made up nearly 15 percent of all the rays in the by-catch.
  — Priyanka Runwal, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Nov. 2021
• Police did say in a tweet late Sunday that the shooting was not a drive-by.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 2 Oct. 2017
• The by-far best player in this playoff series hasn’t been the best player.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Sep. 2020
• Her care for our son is way far greater than mine — on a minute-by-minute basis.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 May 2018
• The resulting data can be crunched to create a minute-by-minute record of your life.
  — The Economist, 31 May 2018
• The current sign is small and often goes unnoticed by passers-by.
  — Brian Ballou, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• If the weather is inclement, guests may drive-by to pick up a bag of goodies curbside.
  — courant.com, 15 Oct. 2020
• The week before his bar mitzvah, his friends took part in a drive-by to celebrate him.
  — Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Apr. 2021
• The displays have drawn both support and outrage from churchgoers and passers-by.
  — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2019
• Cole fired several rounds at the pair in a drive-by, according to police.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 10 June 2022
• Most of this natural gas has been essentially a by-product of the oil.
  — University Of Houston Energy Fellows, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
• Just beyond Toiny, as the coastal road starts to turn inland, park in a small lay-by.
  — David Jefferys, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2018
• Natural gas is a by-product from wells drilled to pump more-valuable oil.
  — Kevin Crowley, Bloomberg.com, 4 Nov. 2020
• The unique shape, Hung said, will hopefully intrigue passers-by to come and shop.
  — Phillip Molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• Most of the casualties were passers-by and traders, Hussein said.
  — Abdi Guled, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• One orca mother even offers to share food with a human passer-by.
  — Jeanne Jakle, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Apr. 2021
• Nature Video explains what will happen during the fly-by.
  — Adam Levy, Scientific American, 8 July 2015

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024