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Definition of Passing comment
1. Noun. An incidental remark.
Literary usage of Passing comment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canada Law Journal by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1919)
"... it a matter of more than passing comment that a woman lawyer was engaged in
the conduct of legal business. It has prevented any feeling of injustice, ..."
2. Farmingby Richard Kendall Munkittrick by Richard Kendall Munkittrick (1891)
"... comment on the same, trusting that that may account for my ready response to
the summons to lend a hand. And that passing comment is to the effect ..."
3. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1892)
"If only the gate sticks, some of it bubbles up and overflows in his passing
comment on that accident. How much mere industry proves! ..."
4. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"If only the gate sticks, some of it bubbles up and overflows in his passing
comment on that accident. How much mere industry proves ..."
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