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Example sentences for "farewell"

Lexicographically close words:
fares; farest; fareth; fareweel; farewel; farewelled; farewelling; farewells; fari; farina
  1. As round the Fount in linked ring They went in cadence slow and light And thus to that enchanted Spring Warbled their Farewell for the night:-- SONG.

  2. And mark, 'tis nigh; already the sun bids His evening farewell to the Pyramids.

  3. We saw how the sun looked in sinking, The waters beneath him how bright; And now, let our farewell of drinking Resemble that farewell of light.

  4. Farewell to Bermuda,[5] and long may the bloom Of the lemon and myrtle its valleys perfume; May spring to eternity hallow the shade, Where Ariel has warbled and Waller has strayed.

  5. In the early months of 1870 we moved up to London, as my father had decided to give twelve farewell readings there.

  6. A farewell banquet was given him in London on the second of November, and on the ninth he sailed.

  7. We all felt very anxious for him, fearing that the excitement and emotion which must attend upon his public farewell would have a bad effect upon him.

  8. And may there be no sadness of farewell When I embark.

  9. Picture: The Empty Chair] In the autumn of 1869 he began a series of farewell readings, which were another heavy tax upon his health and strength.

  10. And she smiled another farewell from the door.

  11. There Roque took farewell of the knight and his squire, and returned to his haunts in the woods.

  12. Roque approved of her decision, and offered to conduct her wherever she wished to go, but she declined his company, with many thanks, and bade him farewell in tears.

  13. But what pleases me most is, that I am likely to get a passage from hence, and bid farewell to this wretched country.

  14. Seek her out, therefore, and bid her farewell for a few days.

  15. When Conrad at last came, Rodolph and he disappeared over the wall together: Tekla, leaning against the parapet, little as she imagined it, bade farewell for ever to her Knight of the Moselle.

  16. Mounting the horses, therefore, which they had bargained for, they bade a hearty farewell to the family of the worthy old Stevenson, and commenced their homeward journey, driving the cows and calves before them.

  17. Tito, laughing with the rest as Nello looked at himself tragically in the hand-mirror, made a sign of farewell to the company generally, and took his departure.

  18. Is it a serious farewell--farewell forever?

  19. He came to it, at all events; he packed up his books and pictures and gimcracks, and bade farewell to Europe.

  20. High up to the right is the window of the cell in which Philip died, and through which his last gaze fell upon the altar beneath, as he took a farewell glance at the marvellous church which owed its origin to him.

  21. It was almost at the last moment when, after having bid farewell to all our friends, we found ourselves on board the steamer that was to take us from England on an autumn tour to the sunny south.

  22. In a short space of time the jangle of bells diminished, while the whips exploded into a farewell fantasia.

  23. We bade farewell to those realms of splendour with feelings we should vainly attempt to define.

  24. He had bidden farewell to Chetwynde forever.

  25. In the midst of these there is the last despairing farewell of the unhappy creature herself.

  26. They were the letters of Obed Chute, and the farewell note of Lady Chetwynde.

  27. Now farewell to fair America, Farewell our friends and wives; We trust in Heaven's peculiar care For to protect their lives; To prosper our intended cruise Upon the raging main, And to preserve our dearest friends Till we return again.

  28. In disbanding his army, Lee issued a farewell address, copies of which are still treasured in many a Southern home.

  29. From North to South, from East to West: Send back an answering cheer, And say farewell to peace and rest, And banish doubt and fear.

  30. Make the farewell in your social letters as cordial and graceful as your farewell would be if you were talking to the person, instead of writing.

  31. As soon as one intimates that he or she wishes to depart, a quick but cordial farewell should be taken and the departure made as soon as possible.

  32. As for the man who marries for the second time, he, too, follows the original dictates of wedding etiquette, and eliminates only the farewell bachelor dinner.

  33. A slight inclination of the head, a cordial good-afternoon to the guests, and a formal farewell to the hostess should be followed by immediate leaving of the room.

  34. The last day of my home-keeping broke in fair weather, of which I was glad, for I purposed to spend it in bidding farewell to my neighbours and the persons I especially loved about the estate.

  35. We arrived at the cross roads, in spite of the Fabian policy pursued by the volatile hat, in good time for the Galway car, and soon found ourselves leaning over the pretty bridge at Oughterarde, and bidding farewell to Connamara.

  36. Farewell, a long farewell to all our woes!

  37. The ministers did not clear up the question, and in Cuffe's own words, "We bid each other farewell without any further conversation.

  38. As he bade them farewell it was "as broken a time," wrote his brother John, "as wast ever known amongst us.

  39. Grettir went with Thorfinn after bidding an affectionate farewell to his brother Thorsteinn.

  40. Grettir bade him farewell and said: "It is more likely that I shall need your good services still more later on.

  41. Grettir on hearing that bade them farewell and rode off North on the road to Reykir.

  42. She answered: "I left my own country and came from Mikligard with Thorsteinn, I bade farewell to my kinsmen and my possessions, because I wished that one fate should befall us both.

  43. And though it is much for one to bid farewell to both of you, yet I will consent to it if Grettir's lot is bettered thereby.

  44. Thorhall bade a kindly farewell to Grettir and dismissed him with a present of a fine horse and proper clothes, for all that he had been wearing were torn to pieces.

  45. Farewell is an unpleasant word to say, ladies," he said, at last, still controlling his feelings with a masterly effort.

  46. Such was the farewell of their subjects to the House of Bourbon.

  47. We say farewell to this happy year, and we are glad that it was so happy.

  48. And we say farewell to our good post-office, and we are glad it was so good.


  49. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "farewell" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.