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

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

And how a low voice in the gloom Of the temple pine-trees leaning there Said sayonara to one somewhere Unseen in the shadow-haunted air?

From Sea Poems by Rice, Cale Young