bade
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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One fine day they bade goodbye to their families and set off upstream in a canoe, promising to return with the rains.
From Literature
Some visitors were pictured sobbing as they bade the bears goodbye.
From BBC
When at last they bade her farewell at the reception desk, Penelope did not say thank you.
From Literature
With another short, low whistle and the crook of a finger, he bade the dogs follow him.
From Literature
Both are alarmed by the sudden reappearance of a Frenchman nicknamed Beast, to whom they’d each bade goodbye years ago.
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