So to speak example sentences

This, I was to learn, is a characteristic of otters; every drop of water must be, so to speak, extended and spread about the place; a bowl must at once be overturned, or, if it will not be overturned, be sat in and sploshed in until it overflows.In the first place, I'm already 35 — a critical age, so to speak.Not once or twice have I already had the privilege of applying to you for help, and you have always, so to speak.