Example Sentences

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Goodbyes don’t tend to mean much in the Hollywood franchise system.

From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2023

Smith is a Brit and Grammy award-winner, known for songs such as Too Good at Goodbyes and I'm Not the Only One, and scored a third UK number one album earlier this year with Gloria.

From BBC • May 25, 2023

Goodbyes were said quickly, and the new passengers who climbed aboard heaved a sigh of relief as the boat pulled off.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2017

Goodbyes are never easy, especially when you are leaving the comfortable confines of Congress.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2014

"Old Lang Syne" was taken up, again and again, by thousands of voices, to be itself drowned in a chorus of shouted "Goodbyes."

From Down Under With the Prince by Duncan, Sara Jeannette