say in passing
Example Sentences
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He’d say, in passing, that he’d modelled for Guess jeans—“runway only”—or that he’d appeared on the cover of Russian Vogue.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 4, 2019
Another proof, we might say in passing, how little disposed Franklin was to borrow from Richard Jackson, or any one else without due acknowledgment.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
The Quebec Act, and for this I might say in passing that we are duly grateful, was never to be extended.
From The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution by James Francis Barrett
I may say, in passing, that the distinguished editor of that paper, William Cullen Bryant, proved to be one of the best friends we had at the North.
From Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 by Abner Doubleday
I may say in passing that Aunt Marynia was most happy with Doctor Stanislav.
From Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz
