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
I may say in passing that the Captain's inquiry: "What has become of the officer of the law in Hempfield?" was purely rhetorical.
From Hempfield A Novel by Grayson, David
It was a purely rhetorical appeal, let me say in passing.
From The High Heart by King, Basil
But I may say in passing that poetry and the readers of poetry have suffered somewhat during the present generation from novels and novel-readers.
From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred
Let me say, in passing, that neither Ruth Erskine nor her father honored the invitation; they had other matters to attend to.
From The Chautauqua Girls At Home by Pansy
