Abuzz, for example, is designed to be a variation of an online discussion board and sometimes elicits responses that are simply off-hand remarks.

The press, he says, will exaggerate the importance of some off-hand remarks, which can even have an effect on future policy.

It was an off-hand remark, accompanied by a shrug.

He makes an off-hand remark about wishing he had a nickel for every time he found a piece of luggage someone left behind.

It was only an off-hand remark, but it reminded me that I had a score to settle with a certain priest of Belar.

"Is that a serious observation from a self-declared expert on matrix-talents or was it just an off-hand remark?"

The threat did not seem to be an off-hand remark.

Before he spoke tonight, Mr. Clinton had delivered seven other officially announced speeches today, and no doubt some off-hand remarks as well.

Perhaps the most enduring event of the 1941 season was an off-hand remark that Rooney made to a reporter during the team's training camp.

He was especially renowned for the humor he brought to the newscast, with off-hand remarks about the news events and his occasionally cutting commentary.