Farewells is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Farewells meaning
plural of farewell
Using Farewells
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of farewell
- In the example corpus, farewells often appears in combinations such as: farewells to, final farewells, and farewells.
Context around Farewells
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Farewells
- In this selection, "farewells" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, final, emotional, last, uncertainty, flooding and extend stand out and add context to how "farewells" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bentayga that farewells the long and bid their farewells over the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "farewells" sits close to words such as abhiyan, ajibola and ajinkya, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with farewells
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This weekend, fans and friends are saying their own farewells. (10 words)
If not, they have to bid their farewells over the phone. (11 words)
Thompson noted the emotional farewells extend beyond co-stars leaving the show. (12 words)
Among the items — most of which the owners were selling to customers, many of them good friends — was a giant megaphone once used by the cafe’s owners to call out farewells to the cruise ships passing by in the Port of L.A.’s Main Channel. (47 words)
He had taken it very hard when he had lunch with some former colleagues, people still working long hours at the business, and had the sense that once they said their farewells after the meal, they would rarely give him another thought. (42 words)
Ahead of its eventual move to becoming an all-electric marque by 2030, has unveiled four special edition versions of the Flying Spur, Continental GT, Continental GTC and Bentayga that farewells the long-serving 6.0 TSI W12 engine. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ahead of its eventual move to becoming an all-electric marque by 2030, has unveiled four special edition versions of the Flying Spur, Continental GT, Continental GTC and Bentayga that farewells the long-serving 6.0 TSI W12 engine.
Among the items — most of which the owners were selling to customers, many of them good friends — was a giant megaphone once used by the cafe’s owners to call out farewells to the cruise ships passing by in the Port of L.A.’s Main Channel.
During this period, Airmen of the 8th Fighter Wing delivered hails and farewells to wing, group, and squadron commanders.
In the warm afterglow of a fine England victory and on the perfect sort of spring day to get out and watch a match, football and broadcasting came together to bid their final farewells to John Motson.
Memphis Hip-Hop lovers are preparing to give their final farewells to a hometown hero, announcing homegoing details for the recently departed rap star, Gangsta Boo.
No last farewells were spoken, you never said goodbye, you were gone before I knew it and only God knows why.
The 27-year-old last started a game at the end of May in a 2-2 draw with Hearts at Ibrox where he said his farewells to Rangers after six years at the club.
He had taken it very hard when he had lunch with some former colleagues, people still working long hours at the business, and had the sense that once they said their farewells after the meal, they would rarely give him another thought.
It serves no-one well for there to be a prolonged period of farewells, uncertainty and indecision in leadership.
Just like that, Keegan and Tiff left Walford behind to the tune of Julia’s Theme, marking one of the most heartwarming farewells in recent years.
Or perhaps it's a scene where she has to sacrifice herself for the greater good, and he's referring to her farewells to others.
Residents have bid their final farewells as demolition crews move into the Ferguslie Park area.
The 39-year-old Briton, who will be driving for Ferrari next season, arrived at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina circuit on race day dressed in red and bowed out with emotional farewells flooding the airwaves.
The appearance on “The View” was another in a series of farewells for Mr. Biden.
The day began with emotional farewells as sailors bid adieu to family and friends on the docks.
Thompson noted the emotional farewells extend beyond co-stars leaving the show.
If not, they have to bid their farewells over the phone.
Last week, Chantelle’s heartbroken parents said her friends will be able to say their final farewells as her funeral cortege passes by her school.
This weekend, fans and friends are saying their own farewells.
After an hour the band said their farewells only to return for a few songs which included their biggest hit “Just Like Honey” which summed up a pretty great night for indie music fans in Tokyo.
Common combinations with farewells
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- farewells to 6×
- final farewells 4×
- and farewells 3×
- their farewells 3×
- farewells as 3×
- emotional farewells 3×
- of farewells 2×
- farewells over 2×