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
I can only say in passing that it looks exactly like the printed advertisements.
From In Pastures New by Ade, George
It was a purely rhetorical appeal, let me say in passing.
From The High Heart by King, Basil
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
I may say in passing that no portrait of her appears to me to be quite satisfactory.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
