Sentence examples for made a passing reference to from inspiring English sources

Ahsan made a passing reference to the ongoing talks resuming this week.

It's not the first time the race organisers' media team has made a passing reference to Native Americans as Indians.

She made a passing reference to climate change in her opening statement but that, by and large, was it.

In his memoir, Hebborn made a passing reference to a portrait for "a mafia boss", writing that he produced "preliminary studies closely watched by four silk-suited gunmen".

Last week, in an article about the struggles of mid-list authors, I made a passing reference to "the glory days of the net book agreement".

He made a passing reference to concerns about New York's antiquated system of voting, but offered no plans to address those concerns.

He also makes a passing reference to the shooting of Mr. Sterling.

The male-female workplace dynamic has been so thoroughly strip-mined that all you have to do these days is make a passing reference to it.

His own program should tell him otherwise: he makes a passing reference to a computerized kitchen of the future from the 1960's that looked great, made logical sense but never caught on.

The playwright makes a passing reference to Jack and Jill, a once quasi-secret black organization, scarcely heard of among whites, whose chapters met mainly at the homes of black elites and served to foster what often became lifelong alliances.

"Everybody Knows," one of many songs in which the band, and particularly Zander, seems to be channelling John Lennon, makes a passing reference to the band's 1983 album, "Next Position Please".