sayonara

Example Sentences

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Saying sayonara to the slurpees — and the M&Ms, he added, and the Kit Kat bars — was, pardon the pun, bittersweet.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023

Both Japan Bowl alumni and organizers wish him a fond sayonara; he will be greatly missed for his unique and informal contribution to international education in the United States.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2021

The boss has spoken: We’re leaving, pronto, sayonara, gone for good.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2019

For sports fans, this would still represent a savings from the average $100 cable bundle — adios, Hallmark Channel; sayonara, Nickelodeon — even with the added cost of a broadband Internet connection.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2017

Just sayonara: but it seemed The soul of all farewells that night, The sigh of all withdrawn delight, The sound of love's last rapture-rite.

From Sea Poems by Rice, Cale Young