side remark
Example Sentences
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As is often the case, there was an unscripted side remark when he hit a particularly vivid passage.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2017
When a necessary explanation is unduly long, or is woven into the story in too many strands, one disposes of it in an introductory statement, or perhaps in a side remark.
From How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell by Bryant, Sara Cone
I'm just slippin' you the proposition, with the side remark that now and then, when the jumble seems worse than ever, you can get a glimpse of what might be a clew, or might not.
From Shorty McCabe on the Job by Ford, Sewell
"Are you sure?" said Gibbs, mildly; "for I have noticed several times when you have seemed not to hear a side remark."
From In the Onyx Lobby by Wells, Carolyn
No amount of gaping, gazing and inquisitive side remark embarrassed the newcomer.
From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by Venable, William Henry
