sayonara

Example Sentences

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“I never really wanted to do one because I always thought it was like a bit of a farewell, like a sayonara, a swan song,” the lead singer and songwriter says.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023

“Do you know what sayonara means,” Popovich said, smiling.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2021

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

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2019

After years of staying put in jobs that may have been uninspiring, unrewarding or even flat-out soul-crushing, more Americans are choosing to say sayonara to their current place of work.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2016

Just sayonara: but it seemed The soul of all farewells that night, The sigh of all withdrawn delight, The sound of love's last rapture-rite.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