Clean riddance quickly made, one only care Remains to each, the search of sunny nook, Or shed impervious to the blast.
Who would have thought that this affair was to prove to me the means of an easy riddance of Mr Hickery?
Greedy demons of disease, who devoured the flesh of patients, were greatly feared: Brahmans performed ceremonies of riddance and “plagued them as the tiger plagues the cattle owners”.
You and your son might cut off the entail, now poor Francis is gone," said old Brandon, thinking what a good riddance it would be if Stephen went.
The house'll have a good riddance of her," he added, under his breath.
He is an open, because a fearless enemy; and should he attempt any thing that would make him obnoxious to the laws of society, you might have a fair riddance of him, either by flight or the gallows; no matter which.
At one stroke he might secure for himself riddance of the company of an embarrassing companion who already had served notice of her intention to desert him; and might also keep silent this man, whom she had asked for aid.
Coreans, their annual ceremonies for the riddance of evils, 202 sq.
It is said by the learned, that the knowledge of gross matter is lost with the dispersion of ignorance; and that there is no other way of getting rid of this long contracted prejudice, without our riddance from ignorance.
Your full knowledge of all truth, will drive away your bias in untruth; and your riddance from all desire, will save you from all sorrow.
Keep it all, then, and a good riddance to the society you enjoy it with.
There's a good riddance to him," chuckled the squire.
Madam, by the witch's aid, had a happy riddance of Tarraway, yet greater troubles were in store for her.
He went on to declare with that loud voice of his that the death of Lopez was a good riddance of bad rubbish.
Anxious as he was to be rid of his sister, and to effect the riddance on the best possible terms, he did not mean to be bored by her just then.
Good night, and a goodriddance to you," he muttered; "and now for Matthew Brook.
On the whole a good riddance for his people, I should say, especially if he died on the field of honour.
If they do clear out why it's a good riddance of bad rubbish, and we'll shake hands on seeing the last of the lot.
It was a goodriddance for Lord Henry Moorpark when Elbraham went, which he did at last, after stubbornly refusing either to take or to allow any steps to be taken in pursuit of Clotilde.
It was said that he was going to travel about in the direction of Lyons; it would be a precious good riddance of bad rubbish if he fell into some hole and broke his neck.
It might be that Coupeau had broken a leg, or fallen under a wagon and been crushed and that might be good riddanceto bad rubbish.
Goodloe accordingly advocated the riddance of the institution, contending that both landowners and laborers would thereby benefit.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "riddance" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
