Example Sentences

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As I thanked him and said goodby, tears welled up again.

From Scientific American • Aug. 5, 2018

Howard's letter had hardly been mailed before Brother Charles began telling Italy goodby.

From Time Magazine Archive

A teacher who huddles the last quarter of his course into a rapid-fire survey and says goodby . . . does not quite understand his pupils .

From Time Magazine Archive

Three days after his return President Coburn summoned all office employes into the maple-paneled board room, gripped the back of a chair, bade them goodby.

From Time Magazine Archive

I don't care if it's a sad good-by or a bad goodby, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger