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
The wild beauty of this hyperbole, I may say, in passing, it would not be easy to match in literature.
From Nature by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
I may say in passing that if Miss Davenant were arrested, tried and imprisoned, it would be no more than she richly deserved.
From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen
He heard some people say in passing, "Who would have dreamed of it?"
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
Another proof, we might say in passing, how little disposed Franklin was to borrow from Richard Jackson, or any one else without due acknowledgment.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
