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

“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

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