How to Use by the way in a Sentence

by the way

phrase
  • And by the way, no one can learn the scoring thing and all the rules in an hour.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 23 July 2026
  • Fans were quick to point that out on social media, by the way.
    Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
  • The nickname isn’t just one shared behind closed doors, by the way.
    Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 7 July 2026
  • Shoutout to the park, by the way, for sending out the warning a few days too late.
    Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
  • The press is not allowed in, by the way—only upstairs in a press room.
    Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
  • Patrick, by the way, takes these summer trips to Europe all the time.
    Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
  • That was the worst commercial ever made by the way, for those few people who want to hear that.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 27 July 2026
  • The second thing… tech debt is actually very real, by the way.
    ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026
  • The Buccaneers, by the way, are at something of a crossroads.
    Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
  • Thank you, by the way, to everyone who sent me recommendations last week.
    Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
  • Charging, by the way, takes 40 minutes to go from 5 to 80 percent.
    New Atlas, 30 July 2026
  • That think tank, by the way, was the right-leaning Heritage Foundation.
    Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
  • Think of it like setting off a firework inside of a long, narrow hallway (which, by the way, is a really bad idea).
    Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
  • That's because carbs make your blood sugar rise (which is normal, by the way), but fiber helps offset or slow down that rise, says Roach.
    Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 4 July 2026
  • Hunter eyes, by the way, are marked by a piercing, intense gaze that looksmaxxers have deemed masculine and, thus, very desirable.
    Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
  • That version of Elgin, by the way, is on full display in the special effects makeup trailer.
    Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
  • Over a period of five years, by the way, for the pessimistic scenario that would be 42 Starship launches a day.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
  • That post, by the way, got 301,000 views — or about one-third as many as the one declaring God's goodness.
    Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • She was deeply rattled by her own experience with the paparazzi and also by the way Princess Diana died.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
  • The structure leans heavily on concrete, steel and glass, but it’s warmed by wood, basalt and marble finishes and by the way the house frames the surrounding terrain.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
  • Women who are over 50, women who are swing voters, women who will, by the way, determine the election outcome in Maine.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • This isn’t simply about balancing AID’s $68 million budget, by the way.
    Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
  • Balogun, by the way, is really the product of British—not American—soccer.
    Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • Vought, by the way, is the Director of the OMB and an author of Project 2025.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Yankees-Padres possibilities Miller, by the way, seems increasingly likely to stay.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • Inspired by the way fire ants form floating rafts during floods, the system allows each robot to make local decisions rather than relying on constant instructions from a central computer.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
  • But that was ten years after the Tesla Model S and five years after the Chevy Bolt (another great EV, by the way).
    Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • During the lockdowns of the Covid-19 pandemic, the company—which still owns Venmo, by the way—rode a massive wave of e-commerce transactions to untold highs.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • That mark, by the way, is 10, first done by Bennie Blades in 1986 and later matched by Sean Taylor in 2003.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Each of these gems are very much worth revisiting, by the way, except maybe Fusion Frenzy, which remains interesting to me in only an historical, museum-artifact kind of way.
    Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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