How to Use incidentally in a Sentence

incidentally

adverb
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  • incidentally, have you seen the new building they're putting up?
  • Not incidentally, the market slump was followed by widespread layoffs.
  • There is, incidentally, an alien in the back seat of the car.
    — chicagotribune.com, 21 July 2019
  • The Irish, incidentally, have one of their two bye weeks, prior to the Nov. 27 matchup with the Tar Heels.
    — Eric Hansen, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Aug. 2020
  • The next names on the storm list, incidentally, are Theta and Iota.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Not at all incidentally, a gun was on the floor behind the console of Cobb’s car.
    — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
  • There is also a chance that the lever could be bumped incidentally.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2022
  • The worst performer on the day, incidentally, was eBay.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Not incidentally, the game was played out with some off-field drama as a backdrop.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The Music Man, incidentally, is about small-town life in Iowa.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Jan. 2021
  • The board, incidentally, opted just last month to move forward with a strike pay increase to $500 per week.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
  • And that, incidentally, may be the best description of Rushdie’s work.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Pereira, incidentally, thought Humphrey should have been flagged for the end-zone mugging of Hopkins.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Pinocchio is, incidentally, the tale of a hungry child who cuts school.
    — Anna Momigliano, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Let the record show, incidentally, that no drinking took place while watching the movie for this review.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Which, incidentally, seems to be the biggest upside of these tests.
    — Deanna Pai, Women's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Daron Payne incidentally clipped the ball early in the third quarter.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Mikolas, incidentally, will make $16 million this year on a team that will rank in the top 10 in payroll, so the Dodgers aren’t the only bunch with a checkbook.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The wife of a marquis, incidentally, is called a marchioness.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Watt, incidentally, has yet to record a sack this season, but is second with four tackles for a loss.
    — cleveland, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Most whitetips are shot incidentally by mourning and white-winged dove hunters.
    — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The only way to really keep them out of the yard, incidentally, is with a high fence — 8, 10 feet or more as deer can really jump.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Nov. 2021
  • This week’s episode incidentally marked Carvey’s return to the show, two months after his 32-year-old son Dex died of a drug overdose.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • And that period contributed to a lot of the business that’s flown—and the Chinese’s very high regard for the UK, incidentally.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, 17 May 2021
  • The tolling bells in the finale, incidentally, were played on a pair of long, thin metal columns suspended from the shell that made a dull, bonging sound.
    — Richard S. Ginell, latimes.com, 10 July 2019
  • Which, incidentally, is what the world has been craving.
    — Sloane Crosley, Town & Country, 23 Jan. 2022
  • This was, incidentally, the same Celtics team that had lost its last two games and was playing the second game of a back-to-back after losing to the Clippers on Monday night.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • All this in the blink of an eye—which, incidentally, also takes about 150 milliseconds.
    — Jeremy White, WIRED, 9 May 2024
  • There are more internal combustion Dodge coupes and sedans in the works, incidentally.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
  • These are incidentally vegan and have a distinct sesame flavor from both tahini and halva.
    — Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024

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