How to Use farewell in a Sentence

farewell

1 of 2 noun

• They said their farewells and headed home.
• In 2023, Elton John’s epic five-year farewell took the top spot.
  — WIRED, 4 Oct. 2023
• At the end of the match, the 23-time Grand Slam winner gave an emotional farewell speech to the game.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
• Things were about to get worse for a team that bid farewell to a season and an era.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• The three Wave players will have an up-close view at two farewells.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
• There's a farewell event planned for May 27 at Last Exit Live.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 5 May 2023
• Mary, Yvonne, what stood out to you most about Logan’s farewell?
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
• Now, it’s intended as an event, a farewell to the most beloved group of the rock ’n’ roll era.
  — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• To no surprise, Stewart made a dessert to bid farewell.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• But with Nadal unable to play and hoping to be ready for a farewell tour in 2024, the men's title is there for the taking.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
• Seger’s farewell tour must have been emotional for you.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
• In his message, Jackson thanked Ravens fans in what amounted to a farewell.
  — Chris Bumbaca, The Courier-Journal, 27 Mar. 2023
• The Eagles are ready to fly one last time, soaring for a farewell tour this fall to cap off their five decades of touring.
  — Wire Services, Dallas News, 7 July 2023
• Get ready to bid farewell to the haze and embrace a clearer path toward wellness!
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 13 Aug. 2023
• The 1976 farewell concert at the center of the film was already a piece of rock and roll history by the time the film debuted.
  — Steven Gaydos, Variety, 9 Oct. 2023
• Dodge Dodge has been on something of a farewell tour for its Hemi V8 muscle cars.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2023
• The iconic hotel also shared a farewell post of their own on Wednesday.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
• Last year's Record Store Day in Milwaukee marked a couple of farewells.
  — Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2023
• The band’s farewell tour coincides with the 10th anniversary of the album’s release.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
• Cilla had already planned her farewell hike the next day on trails leading into the deep cleft in the rocky landscape.
  — David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• All of them are now embarked on their respective farewell tours.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
• Naturally, the farewell process stirred up a mixture of grief and relief for its stars.
  — Dave Itzkoff, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
• Casey also had a blast last year co-headlining with the B-52s for gigs on its long-running farewell tour.
  — Rodney Ho, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
• The official farewell tour is currently in the planning stages.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 13 July 2023
• The current Foreigner lineup is in the midst of a farewell tour that will likely go into 2025.
  — Gary Graff, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2024
• The buses took the seniors on a farewell tour of five elementary schools, two of which will be closing.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
• The Boy and the Heron, which could be the Studio Ghibli co-founder’s final film, is more of a bold reinvention than a somber farewell.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2023
• The carousel of photos show Teigen crying in her hospital room and bidding farewell to her son.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 15 Mar. 2023
• But the end of the classic-rock era is truly upon us all now, and not just in the spate of farewell tours that have continued into this year.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
• Simon wrapped his farewell tour in his hometown of Queens in September 2018.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024

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farewell

2 of 2 adjective

• The band gave a farewell concert.
• There’s no time to waste on a farewell tour for aged players.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2022
• Adams had been at OTA and minicamp practices with the team in a farewell tour of sorts.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2021
• Be sure to watch (or re-watch) before the show's farewell season.
  — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 16 Apr. 2021
• But as farewell tours go, this could be goodbye…for now.
  — Marisa Whitaker, SPIN, 26 Apr. 2022
• Roth’s goal was to make this farewell season about the games, and there is no bigger one than Monday‘s.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024
• That caused Sampson to push Mills back, followed by a farewell head-butt.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Apr. 2021
• Those last days were a blur of phone calls, meetings, farewell events and visits to Ukraine and Switzerland.
  — Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2023
• Those last days were a blur of phone calls, meetings, farewell events, and visits to Ukraine and Switzerland.
  — Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2023
• Halfway into a farewell bottle of wine, Tim grabbed a marker and signed his name on the wall.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Nov. 2021
• Jackson's tribe members, many of whom were in tears, approached him to wish him farewell.
  — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 10 Mar. 2022
• John's farewell show has since been delayed three times, pushing it back more than 29 months.
  — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Apr. 2022
• Shawn and Carlos talk Miguel Cabrera's farewell season and which pieces of the team need to bounce back this season.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2023
• There are farewell tours from both Kiss and the Monkees and a 50th anniversary tour from the Doobie Brothers.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 23 May 2021
• In her farewell speech on the House floor, Pelosi, 82, nodded to passing the torch to rising Democratic stars.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 23 Nov. 2022
• So, in farewell remarks to him, Senator Mitch McConnell said the same.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Jan. 2023
• Mondale wrote a farewell letter sent to his staff over the years upon his death on Monday.
  — Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2021
• The farewell ceremonies at the Mesa and Mountain View gyms last week were emotional and heart-felt.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2022
• The Browns weren’t thrilled with what amounted to Mayfield’s farewell message on Twitter.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 17 Mar. 2022
• But this was farewell to an exceptional version of the team.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
• About a month before Adam’s death, his mother, Wafaa Ayyad, found a farewell message from him.
  — Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 5 July 2023
• The Longhorns came out hot, scoring 24 points over their first five possessions in their farewell trip to Lubbock.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Sep. 2022
• After Rush’s farewell tour in 2015, Alex Lifeson wasn’t sure what the Canadian trio might do in the future.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022
• Despite the late evening before, everyone managed to wake up in time for a farewell brunch.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2022
• His mother put her hand over her chest in a farewell gesture, while his father put his arm around her.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2023
• Some thought the selection committee might send Coach K to Chicago and the Midwest as a farewell gift, of sorts.
  — Eddie Pells, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2022
• To cap the weekend, Sunday morning included a farewell brunch with a Bloody Mary bar.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
• Her farewell episode as a series regular will air April 13.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
• The only other move in the veteran-band playbook after that was a farewell tour.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2021
• My own vision of what lay ahead came during two farewell dinners hosted by friends in the summer of 2019.
  — Kwame Alexander, Bon Appétit, 25 May 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024