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

This chapter, I may say in passing, is the chapter of most permanent value in the "Defence."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 by Various

“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

Neatness, I may say in passing, is my strong point.

From The High Heart by King, Basil

I may say, in passing, that I had never before killed a running animal at that range.

From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Andrews, Roy Chapman