So-to-speak Sentence Examples

I wanted to get all our cards out on the table, so to speak.

He was right on the money, so to speak.

I suppose if she has a chance to get lucky, she should jump on him, so to speak.

Late September aroused the instinct to prepare the den for winter — so to speak.

It was difficult to start a subject that might result in a fight, but she had to know for sure — slay the dragon, so to speak.

They may exclude one another, exist so to speak in a condition of armed neutrality to one another, without being positively thereby related to one another or altered by any change taking place in any of them.

But an account of such ceremonies belongs rather to demonology than to the history of the worship of Manes, which are peaceful, well-conducted and beneficent beings, endowed and, so to speak on the foundation, like the Christian souls for whose masses money has been left.

As these divisions, great or small, are so to speak artificial, several systems have been proposed according to which the Alps may be divided.

Others have embraced this notion of residence but it is contrary to what dear departed Barbara Washington conveyed to me, on her death bed, so to speak.

I mean, it was the quintessential traveling salesman's dream, a naked and willing woman hopping into his bed, wife in another town, a freebie, so to speak.

It wasn't as if she were wearing a bikini, and her only physical attributes were a flat abdomen and smooth curves – well, those and her breasts, but they were over proportioned - out of balance, so to speak.

Late September aroused the instinct to prepare the den for winter — so to speak.

It was difficult to start a subject that might result in a fight, but she had to know for sure — slay the dragon, so to speak.

The nail in the coffin so to speak has come rather recently, through the past year's scandals of broad corporate malfeasance.

It still sounds modern, definitely a 2002 production, so to speak.

And this process of increased self-awareness is speeding things up, so to speak.

What you are saying is that when Kitty becomes a suffragette she neglects her daughter and ' tragedy ensues ', so to speak.

You see, I use a typewriter--it is my right hand man, so to speak.

It is like giving it a test drive, so to speak.

It serves as your pot money, so to speak.

Inexperienced players often misread the table and get caught with their cards down, so to speak.

If you haven't been exercising because you've been busy with work, this is a great time to go ahead and get back on the treadmill so to speak.

Most of these, however, are deformities-vegetable cripples, so to speak.

Needless to say, not all vintage fashion memorabilia is worth hanging on to, but some have really withstood the test of time, so to speak.

Sure, that's part of their job, but they also get to know you better to determine why exactly you need to start "looking the part," so to speak.

It is different than replacing the cell phone faceplate, as the faceplate is the actual covering on the phone itself that protects the precious innards, so to speak.

The original RAZR flip phone has since given birth to a number of spinoffs, so to speak.

In this way, inexpensive prepaid cell phones definitely keep costs down... but at a price, so to speak.

The flipside of that is a lack of "water cooler time," so to speak.

The middleman is done away with, so to speak.

Sometimes the slightest bit of lotion will not allow the make-up to stick to the skin, so to speak.

If you imagine yourself as a shark zooming through waters, killing the competition -- so to speak -- then the Fastskin technology should speak right to you.

Painting the eyes, cheeks, and lips requires the skill of a practiced doll makeup artist, so to speak.

It will give you a break but still keep you in the marketplace, so to speak.

Was there one piece of lingerie that was your claim to fame, so to speak?

If you enjoy talking about something specific, such as your kids, celebrities or sports, then you put down on paper -- so to speak -- so everyone can read and comment on your thoughts.

Narrow down the field to another pasture, so to speak?

I was just marking my territory, so to speak.

But she's such a mouse, she stays with him, taking it on the chin, so to speak.

Keep it in the family so to speak.

It wasn't as if she were wearing a bikini, and her only physical attributes were a flat abdomen and smooth curves – well, those and her breasts, but they were over proportioned - out of balance, so to speak.