parenthetical

Example Sentences

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He acknowledges, in a parenthetical aside, that they likely aren’t.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Even buried in a parenthetical as it is, the word “mandamus” jumps off the page as a threat to seek an extraordinary intervention by the appellate court.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Later, Cyrus performed the song live for the first time, adding some parenthetical asides to the lyrics.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

Koontz even toyed with naming the novel after him — “Spike the Craggle” — an idea he reveals in one of the novel’s many metafictional parenthetical asides.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2024

Just then, for the first time since he had lain down, Zooey, with his eyes still shut, compressed his lips—very much, as a matter of parenthetical fact, in the habitual style of his mother.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger