so to speak

Example Sentences

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Viewers loved going to the movies for those big-budget spectacles because they were a means of transportation, so to speak.

From Salon

She’s a beacon, so to speak, especially for us Latina women.

From Los Angeles Times

And she’s the bravest of them all on this night, so to speak.

From Los Angeles Times

"And spermine is, so to speak, the binding agent that brings the strands together. There are only weakly attractive electrical forces between the molecules, and these organise them but do not firmly bind them together."

From Science Daily

Putty noses, horsehair wigs, and phony accents were his bread and butter, so to speak.

From Literature