so to speak
Example Sentences
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“But Ramón always finds a way to ‘put the vitamins in the ice cream,’ so to speak.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Some are already beating the drum, so to speak.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
"Parents have, so to speak, taken power over the schools and started reporting things. Except that not everything they report is necessarily accurate," said Carla Bonnet of the FO union.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
The catch, so to speak, is that the boats must travel much farther north—to fisheries 220 miles above the Aleutian Islands, the crabbers’ old hunting grounds.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Mommy’s house was orchestrated chaos and as the eighth of twelve children, I was lost in the sauce, so to speak.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
