say in passing

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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

“Very well, mother,” said Julia, with an air of great meekness, which, I may say in passing, she was far from feeling.

From The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel by Winter, John Strange

I may say, in passing, that I have often given the advice to others, and too often wished that I could supplement it with the words, "And confine himself to it.'"

From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Brown, E. E.

But I may say in passing that poetry and the readers of poetry have suffered somewhat during the present generation from novels and novel-readers.

From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred

Cases may arise, indeed, as I must say in passing, in which this is hardly true.

From Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies by Stephen, Leslie, Sir