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

Neatness, I may say in passing, is my strong point.

From The High Heart by King, Basil

My soul rose in praise; and I may here say, in passing, that every Minister of that Church whom I wrote to or visited treated me in the same spirit throughout all my tour.

From The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by Paton, James

And here, may I say in passing, that in my opinion the country parson, with all the black-coated class, knows next to nothing of the true minds of the country folk.

From Far Off Things by Machen, Arthur

“Very well, mother,” said Julia, with an air of great meekness, which, I may say in passing, she was far from feeling.

From The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel by Winter, John Strange