side remark

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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

He did not seem to like the taste he’d had of our quality, as I heard the Irish captain of the after-gun, on the port side, remark.

From Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Collingwood, Harry

I hope, as a sort of side remark, it isn't rain that's in the wind, for the soldiers over at camp have had enough water to set up a rival establishment with Mr. Noah.

From Tom Swift and His War Tank, or, Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]

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

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