How to Use send-off in a Sentence

send-off

noun
  • Claude takes the men to a Thai strip club as a morbid send-off.
    Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 26 May 2024
  • Sheridan said the send-off could take much longer, which is good news for fans.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • The send-off got mixed reviews from critics and fans alike.
    Frederic J. Frommer, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • Consider it not just a sendup, but a send-off to this old cliché.
    Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • Even some brands got in on the Oscars send-off music joke.
    Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
  • To cap off their wedding weekend, Alaina and Arnold will host a send-off brunch.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Pair with apple cider donuts or pear fritters for a sweet send-off!
    Sarah Zlotnick, Country Living, 22 Aug. 2023
  • He’s killed off in a senseless way—some could even say his send-off was screwed up and random and mean.
    TIME, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Ozzy's son Jack, quipped about a send-off for his father.
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • In his send-off, the Sun headlined his success at marbles.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2023
  • Rick Prime, meanwhile, gets a fitting send-off: Death by his own hand, or at least a version of it.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The flag send-off has become a tradition for Honor Flight Tri-State.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 27 May 2024
  • Elton John is giving the yellow brick road a real send-off.
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Over on death row, the inmates gave Hancock a send-off — kicking their doors and filling the prison with the rumbling sound of a makeshift goodbye.
    Emma Goldberg Desiree Rios, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The Americans will play a pair of send-off matches before leaving for France.
    Anne M Peterson, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
  • Of course, Santangelo had planned the perfect send-off.
    Sabina Wex, Glamour, 17 June 2024
  • Quite a debut for the program and a fitting send-off for seniors Ajacia Griffith and Lailah Hadley.
    Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Jin began his military enlistment at the close of 2022 with a sweet send-off from all six of his bandmates.
    Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Jack Osbourne is giving two of his four daughters the ultimate school send-off!
    Candace Ganger Powell, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Another wants to give its long-time manager the perfect send-off.
    Steve Douglas, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
  • After the send-off, Samantha Miller and Hutchinson, along with his nephew and brother-in-law, climbed into a golf cart to go to their rental property for the night.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
  • Patriots fans never got to offer Brady a proper send-off and salute.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Maria is having a bridal shower in two weeks and a send-off next month for her destination wedding.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • These early scenes allow for a poignant send-off for Reddick, who recently died at age 60.
    Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • In the meantime, the newlyweds did a private send-off in the Vallelys’ 1979 white Cadillac convertible, which the bride’s mom had adorned with flowers.
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The Conga Room will go dark forever on Wednesday with what’s expected to be a rowdy, teary send-off show.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Kouatchou, who walked the red carpet before the final show in a hot pink clinging gown with a sweetheart neckline and a cut out, said the bitterness was undercut by the big send-off.
    Mark Kennedy, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Ten minutes after their send-off, the newlyweds checked into their hotel room.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, New York Times, 25 May 2024
  • Marvel insiders praise Gunn for making a proper send-off that’s tinged both with emotion and humor.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2023
  • Old friends flooded in; listeners called with high-octane send-offs; Aerosmith’s Tom Hamilton stopped by to pay tribute.
    Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024

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