passing reference
passing remark

It offered no thanks and only a passing reference to his efforts.

At one point he made a passing reference to the gods.

But he made only passing reference to the latest news about employment.

Most history about him comes from passing references in his own writings.

For years it was lost and known to Church scholars only from passing references.

You give only passing reference to the most important public safety effect of the ban.

Unfortunately, it received only a passing reference in the president's speech.

By contrast, the Mirror made only a passing reference to it.

But, he noted, the 90-minute film makes only passing reference to this accomplishment.

A number of works contain more than passing references to old masters.

Usually it is merely a passing reference, of no real consequence.

Making passing references to the poor, the black and to women does not make one a radical or even a liberal.

None of the articles were based on the polls, and some made only passing reference to them.

It was the story's passing reference to the newspaper business as "a mature industry."

It is merely a passing reference in a family history."

Our report this year covers four matters though to the first there's really only passing reference.

This is like writing a history of baseball with only passing references to the Yankees.

There was only a passing reference to such talks in the resolution's text.

And he couldn't resist a passing reference to his larger ambitions.

Her sexuality then disappears until a passing reference in the last scene.

Minor characters and passing references turn out to be crucial.

Some of the comics made only passing reference to global warming.

A passing reference was missed until her third reading.

What I missed was even a passing reference to his music and its explosive, revolutionary impact.

But at each stop, he made passing reference to his problems with the Republican leadership in Congress.

"He just didn't know how to handle a passing remark."

He'll give them their walking papers if they exchange even a passing remark with anyone.

Few of his colleagues got a chance to speak with him, and except for passing remarks, he gave no interviews.

It may have been just a passing remark, something that you didn't think much about at the time."

She wasn't altogether certain if this had been a warning or a passing remark.

"I may have made a passing remark about the inefficiency, but that was all."

That is, unless you're making a passing remark about your friend with a fast metabolism who can eat anything and everything.

A passing remark hints at China being ruled by a harsh government.

From there we watched batting practice and made passing remarks at the ballplayers.

In an indifferent tone, he made a passing remark.

You make so much of my passing remarks.

A typical passing remark at Chicago: "You know why that guy isn't going to run us over even though the light's green?"

In the suffocatingly middle-class context, however, even passing remarks are instantly telling.

To their credit, this passing remark is their only attempt to get Wolf on the couch.

"I found the servants were passing remarks too."

Well, just a passing remark, I guess that you were building a compositor and planned to go back to Earth.

When he makes a passing remark about the children and their parents, Buffy is struck by the thought that the children's parents were never mentioned.

Intended only as a passing remark, this was originally an ad lib by Myatt.

But he couldn't help but feel that attacking her just because of a passing remark might come across as a bit of an overreaction.

While there, a passing remark jogs Buddwing's memory.

Justifiable pleasure at being part of the Establishment is regularly jolted by a passing remark or insensitive joke.

It was just a passing remark in a radio interview, nearly obscured by other comments in his usual vitriolic style.

Raphael's beguiling La Fornarina, several rooms away, received only a passing remark.

In a passing remark, Judge Nottingham outlined what he thought regulators might remain free to do if his ruling stands.

But they can walk around and they never get people passing remarks about silver or garlic ... up until now, anyway.