say in passing

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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

But one may say, in passing, that even from that point of view Spencer is untrue to his own Agnosticism in speaking of the Unconditioned as the cause of phenomena.

From Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative by Cohen, Chapman

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

Let us say in passing that our list included a number of doctors amongst the teachers.

From Mentally Defective Children by Binet, Alfred

I may say in passing that the Captain's inquiry: "What has become of the officer of the law in Hempfield?" was purely rhetorical.

From Hempfield A Novel by Grayson, David