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

And let me say, in passing, that reconstruction at the South is hindered to-day for the same reason, responsibility is taken away from a large class of citizens.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

I may say in passing that Aunt Marynia was most happy with Doctor Stanislav.

From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

We need hardly say, in passing, that all that was true of the tests with colored cloths, was also true of the tests in which the placards were used.

From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Pfungst, Oskar

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