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 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)
My soul rose in praise; and I may here say, in passing, that every Minister of that Church whom I wrote to or visited treated me in the same spirit throughout all my tour.
From The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by Paton, James
He heard some people say in passing, "Who would have dreamed of it?"
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
And here we may say, in passing, that this brilliant Community has a right to complain that its story should have to be told by aliens.
From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey
