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• The rock star played to dozens of sold-out arenas during his farewell tour.From the entry sold-out
• And that will mean farewell to the edelweiss, adieu the eider goose.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 297. From the entry edelweiss
• Refreshments followed, coupled with teary farewells and exchanges of phone numbers and emails, and Facebook friendings.2015, John Ellsworth, Unspeakable Prayers. From the entry friending
• He raised his hand in farewell, and followed Violet into the cabin.2015, Aurora Springer, Grand Master's Pawn. From the entry skimmer
• In that coast of send-offs and farewells, how did one more send-off matter?2012, Binoo K. John, The Last Song Of Savio De Souza, →ISBN. From the entry send-off
• Then Cecil and his crew bid their farewells, with Fuchsia leaving to tend to the fairylings.2011, Eliot Schrefer, chapter XX, in Geek: Fantasy Novel, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Press, →ISBN, page CXIV. From the entry fairyling
• Farewell the unspeakable pleasures of ouretic and outlandish, outsoar and oxfordian; forgive my oxyphonia.2009, Ellis Sharp, Macdonald Daly, Dead Iraqis: Selected Short Stories of Ellis Sharp, page 166. From the entry oxyphonia
• So they did not have a chance to bid farewell before the cremation.2001, Anita Chan, China's Workers Under Assault: The Exploitation of Labor in a Globalizing Economy, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC…. From the entry Houjie
• As it left, the bands played their final farewell, Chopin's "Dead March."1952 February 15, “King George is Laid to Rest in Simple Service”, in Evening Times, UK, retrieved 10 Sep 2013, page 1. From the entry dead march
• Scores of sufferers from infantile paralysis sorrowfully bid farewell to their great friend and benefactor.1945 April 16, 0:38 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S., Harry S.…. From the entry resting place
• A scenic picture of Oregon was presented as a farewell gift by the 28 friends present.1936 January 3, “News of Oregon”, in Frank Jenkins, editor, The Evening Herald, number 7512, Klamath Falls, Ore.: Herald Publishing…. From the entry sanquette
• I look a sight in mine.” Miss Dunbar absent-mindedly walks off without a word of farewell.1913, The Interlude, volume XIV, number 10, page 1, column 3. From the entry intervieweress
• Lord Grenville took a hasty farewell of the ladies and slipped back into his box, where M.1905 January 12, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], The Scarlet Pimpernel, popular edition, London: Greening & Co., published 20 March…. From the entry frou-frou
• Bayrou had, even before the debate began, invited his entourage to a “convivial moment,” or farewell soirée, this evening.2025 September 8, Roger Cohen, “French Prime Minister Bayrou Loses Confidence Vote, Putting Pressure on Macron”, in The New York Times…. From the entry foretell
• During those times, God showed up in a big way, strengthening faith and preparing hearts to bid him farewell.2022 June 15, Richard Patterson, The Rest of Me, iUniverse, →ISBN. From the entry grampers
• Farewell HelloFresh, goodbye shave club and toodle pip Disney+.2022 July 1, Robert Shrimsley, “Time to change my misguided subscription model”, in Financial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd.…. From the entry toodle pip
• Farewell embranglement, recrement, fusby and numerous others.2008 September 24, Lindesay Irvine, “Collins, we're lost for words: let's call your bluff”, in guardian.co.uk. From the entry red rag
• She sadly bade farewell to the Sisters, who were returning to Jiaying (or Meixian), Guangdong Province, from Hong Kong.2004 November, Cindy Yik-yi Chu, “Difficult Years, 1937–1951”, in The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1969: In Love with the Chinese…. From the entry Meixian
• I hear my soul bidding me farewell.1919 October, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “The Knife from Mount Alamout: The Slayer of Souls – IV”, in Hearst’s, volume XXXVI, number 4…. From the entry snow-leopardess
• Phillips made such a beautiful farewell speech beginning, ‘The time has come for us to part.’ It was very affecting.1908 June, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, →OCLC. From the entry heartrending
• Elisha could have saved his ox-yokes and made a farewell feast out of his shoes, had he been a Dutchman.1900, William Elliot Griffis, The American in Holland. From the entry klomp
• In the days before she formally stepped down, Truss held farewell parties for her supporters at the prime ministerial grace-and-favour mansion of Chequers.2023 September 1, Aubrey Allegretti, “‘She’s totally lost it’: inside story of the unravelling of Liz Truss’s premiership”, in The…. From the entry grace and favour
• The autumn of life is also a matter of saying farewell, but the strange thing is that I do not feel it is autumn.2014, May Sarton, At Seventy: A Journal, →ISBN. From the entry autumn
• At the door of the mongery he kissed his wife farewell: “It would not be proper for you to deal with the sheriff.2014, James A. Michener, The Covenant: A Novel, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry mongery
• Farewell Zyban, hello Champix, Pfizer's name for a new compound called varenicline, which is not an anti-depressant but a ‘nicotine receptor partial agonist’.2010, Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles. From the entry varenicline
• Peggy and Cornet took one look at this woebegone place, packed up their cart, said their farewells, and rode off to Westmoreland.2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 336. From the entry Westmoreland
• In the street the rattle of carriages could still be heard, women's voices calling farewells and invitations to future dinners and danceables.2007, Barbara Hambly, Die Upon a Kiss. From the entry danceable
• So what student would choose to work in Washington for zero compensation, with benefits listed as "brown-bags," "farewell reception" and "athletic and service opportunities"?1994 November 6, William Goss, “Interning For Pleasure And Profit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry brown bag
• It seems my nephew is about to leave here to sell his wares in Nan-ch'ang, and he told me he would come bid me farewell.1980, Meng Han-ch'ing, “The Mo-Ho-Lo Doll”, in J. I. Crump, transl., Chinese Theater in the Days of Kublai Khan, Tucson, Arizona…. From the entry Nan-ch'ang
• Now it behooves me as it has never behooven me before, to bid you farewell with the warning, “Don’t let this happen to you.”1954, “Class Prophecy”, in The Beacon, Boston, Mass.: Suffolk University. From the entry behooven
• For just a moment a gauntletted hand had shown above the level of the wall in a gesture that conveyed both hail and farewell.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry gauntletted
• Shraadh, the Hindu funeral rite to bid farewell to the dead, gets its name from sraddha, the utmost sincerity with which one is to perform the ceremony.2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 45. From the entry shraadh
• He had to win Harper's respect on his own terms, on hers, even if that meant they were never more than old friends saying farewell for auld lang syne.2017 December, Karen Weisner, chapter 10, in For Auld Lang Syne (Adventures in Amethyst Series; 8), [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu, →ISBN, page…. From the entry auld lang syne

Meaning of farewell

1. noun A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure.
2. noun A departure; the act of leaving.
3. adjective Parting, valedictory, final.

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Questions about farewell in a sentence

How do you use farewell in a sentence?

Farewell is used as a noun, adjective and interjection. For example: “He bid farewell to all of his fans.”

What is a short sentence with farewell?

“He said "Farewell!" and left.”

What does farewell mean?

Farewell means a wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure.