bade

Example Sentences

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Some visitors were pictured sobbing as they bade the bears goodbye.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Both are alarmed by the sudden reappearance of a Frenchman nicknamed Beast, to whom they’d each bade goodbye years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

With two blasts of its horn, MV Hebridean Isles bade farewell as it left the quay at Stornoway for a final time on Sunday, bound for Glasgow before it goes to the breakers.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2024

Mr. Xi even initiated a cheek-to-cheek hug as he bade Mr. Putin farewell on Thursday after an evening stroll in the Chinese Communist Party leadership compound in Beijing.

From New York Times • May 18, 2024

Menelaus gave them a courteous greeting and bade them eat their fill.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton