How to Use goodbye in a Sentence
goodbye
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That helped me so much to then say goodbye.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
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See which ones and say goodbye.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
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Say goodbye to armpit sweat marks and stains.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
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Here, then there, then goodbye.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2025
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This goodbye could help his grief as well down the road.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
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That meant she was forced to say goodbye to her new best friend.
—Angelica Stabile | Fox News, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2022
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This isn’t goodbye — just farewell for now, thanks again to all.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025
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Of course, fans don't have to say goodbye to the show just yet.
—Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 27 Dec. 2022
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Say goodbye to all your juice, pet, and wine stains, my friends.
—Hannah Jones, Country Living, 31 Oct. 2021
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But what is the proper way to say goodbye?
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
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Suzi has no idea how much longer her goodbye will last with Jack.
—Mike Wagner, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2023
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Want a unique doormat that both greets your guests and says goodbye?
—Sanah Faroke, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2021
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This is, in some respects, a long goodbye to all that.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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Dozens of children came to say goodbye.
—ABC News, 19 May 2026
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Say goodbye to sad brown-bag lunches.
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2026
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Get it, and say goodbye to bad Wi-Fi.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 11 June 2026
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Get it, and say goodbye to weak Wi-Fi.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 18 May 2026
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Their kids have come to clean the place up, put it on the market and say goodbye.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
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Each of those actors only had to say goodbye once.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
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Rudolph and Armisen then quickly left the stage with a quick goodbye.
—Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 22 May 2022
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Thousands of fans lined the streets of his hometown to say goodbye.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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This is just about goodbye to Griezmann.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 6 May 2026
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But some fans aren't ready to say goodbye to elements of it.
—Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
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Thousands of fans lined the streets of his hometown to say goodbye.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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But there was little time to fully process the goodbye.
—Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
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Saying goodbye wasn’t easy, though.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2026
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In the finale, the girls struggle to say goodbye.
—Beth Nguyen, Time, 13 Sep. 2025
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The silence after a goodbye that didn’t get said.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
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This isn't the first home that the visual artist has said goodbye to in recent years.
—Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 3 Feb. 2022
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Grab this sweatsuit and kiss mid-flight shivers goodbye.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
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