so to speak

Example Sentences

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"He cut open both sides of my leg, so it was open and let it breathe so to speak. He saved me."

From BBC

Yet in choosing to end at the beginning, so to speak, and focus on the early Cold War, Mr. Grace avoids having to assess how the new arrangement subsequently performed.

From The Wall Street Journal

So when one comes up to a beetle wearing its own chemical suit, so to speak, it accepts it.

From Los Angeles Times

Turning to Tiamat, he noticed that the dragon-let was favoring her right wing —flying with a limp, so to speak.

From Literature

They’d put on their own show in the barn, so to speak.

From Los Angeles Times