Sentence examples for comments off the record from inspiring English sources

Or will the minister stick to his practice of keeping his comments off the record?

My only complaint about the thoughtful and open Mr Blackmore was that he insisted on keeping his juiciest comments off the record.

Several reporters approached for this story during a few days in Iowa were critical of Trump's treatment of them, but kept their comments off the record, meaning they could not be quoted.

Nonetheless, it was striking how many people were willing to make disparaging comments, off the record, about Rice – a clear sign that it wasn't just John McCain who didn't want to see her get secretary of state.

While Obama and his aides' comments were off-the-record, the existence of the meeting (and what reporters said during it) was not.

Mutko's comments contradicted the off-the-record assurances that the International Olympic Committee had received, from unspecified high-ranking Russian officials, that athletes and Olympic visitors had nothing to worry about.

ABC, commenting on Moran's tweet, apologised to the White House for making public a comment that was off-the-record.

It was lightly edited for length and clarity and does not include some small asides and comments made off the record.

He mused in an interview with The New Republic about which Nixon Cabinet members he would keep, and admitted as much to reporter Tom DeFrank in comments made off the record at the time.

[The alleged comment, in an off-the-record meeting with writers at Variety, was later denied].

He even said that "no comment" was "off the record".