side remark

Example Sentences

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As is often the case, there was an unscripted side remark when he hit a particularly vivid passage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2017

"Are you sure?" said Gibbs, mildly; "for I have noticed several times when you have seemed not to hear a side remark."

From In the Onyx Lobby by Wells, Carolyn

He did not seem to like the taste he’d had of our quality, as I heard the Irish captain of the after-gun, on the port side, remark.

From Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Collingwood, Harry

I hope, as a sort of side remark, it isn't rain that's in the wind, for the soldiers over at camp have had enough water to set up a rival establishment with Mr. Noah.

From Tom Swift and His War Tank, or, Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]

When a necessary explanation is unduly long, or is woven into the story in too many strands, one disposes of it in an introductory statement, or perhaps in a side remark.

From How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell by Bryant, Sara Cone