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 I may say in passing that the hotel had a pleasant, well-worn, homely look about it; very plain, but extremely comfortable.

From Far Off Things by Machen, Arthur

I may say in passing that if Miss Davenant were arrested, tried and imprisoned, it would be no more than she richly deserved.

From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen

I may say, in passing, that the distinguished editor of that paper, William Cullen Bryant, proved to be one of the best friends we had at the North.

From Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 by Doubleday, Abner

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