Comment dirais-je /komɑ̃.diʁɛʒ/ is used as an incise in formal French to allow the speaker to find a right word or expression in the meantime, e.g. :
Ce film est, comment dirais-je, un navet. (This movie is, how shall I put it, a turkey)
Standard/colloquial French just use euh…
Comment en dirais-je can be used in a sentence like:
Comment en dirais-je du mal ? (How would I say bad things about it/him/her/them?)
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