How to Use riddance in a Sentence

riddance

noun
  • Some bid it a fond farewell, while others said good riddance.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 2 July 2022
  • Good riddance for good, Cash, please let the door hit you on the way out.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The side mirrors and windscreen-wipers had long gone, good riddance to them.
    — The Economist, 18 July 2019
  • Make no mistake, the age of colonialism is over, and good riddance.
    — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 14 Mar. 2021
  • What do all the people saying good riddance to Bob Kroll have in common?
    — Richard Greelis, Star Tribune, 20 Jan. 2021
  • Those of us desperate to hang on said, privately, good riddance to the latter camp.
    — Lydia Kiesling, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2018
  • The 34-story tower had become an eyesore over the years, so good riddance.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
  • This means saying good riddance to that candy bowl in the family room and the cookie stash in your home office.
    — Amy Gorin, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2017
  • Good riddance to anyone who would show such callous disregard to any student under their care.
    — Byron McCauley, The Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Time for Chicago to say goodbye — and good riddance — to 2020.
    — Doug George, chicagotribune.com, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Good riddance to lawns, but urban planners may need to navigate a potential catch.
    — WIRED, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Annnnnnd good riddance to perhaps the two biggest villains to ever come to Paradise.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Wall Street is bidding goodbye – and good riddance – to 2022.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Good riddance, though his arrest alone won’t satisfy the protestors who have filled the country’s streets for months.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Apr. 2019
  • Again, if the fans are content with mediocrity, just admit it; The rest of the country will gladly say good riddance.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2022
  • That's what clerk's firing tells state workers ►Good riddance, 2017!
    — Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 6 Jan. 2018
  • The temptation is to write off 2020 as the worst year ever – goodbye and good riddance.
    — USA Today, 30 Dec. 2020
  • After 50 years of farming, Fisch too has left the ostrich business, and says good riddance.
    — National Geographic, 4 Aug. 2020
  • All four storks were standing tall on the edge of their nests, as if to announce their formidable presence, or to signal good riddance to us.
    — L. Kim Tan, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2018
  • But today, Miami-Dade schools will say good riddance to a year thrown off track by disaster and tragedy.
    — Colleen Wright, miamiherald, 7 June 2018
  • The Texans will say good riddance to 2017 with a winnable game against the even more hapless Colts.
    — Randy Harvey, Houston Chronicle, 29 Dec. 2017
  • The White House all but said good riddance to the two senators, pointing out that their voters had left them behind.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Good riddance The Chargers played their final game in Carson, Claif.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2019
  • With the stroke of a pen, tens of thousands of pages of what was effectively fan fiction (and written like it) became dianoga chow—and good riddance.
    — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Good riddance to the fake redneck, the cancer-charity grifter, and the amoral Florida Woman.
    — Elizabeth Spiers, The New Republic, 20 Jan. 2021
  • Meanwhile, Britons tempted to say good riddance to the single market’s frustrations should reflect on how much losing a seat at the table could cost them.
    — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
  • But first, good riddance to Tropical Storm Beta, which dumped 15 inches of rain in parts of our fair city over the last three days.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Good riddance, restrictive denim!
    — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
  • On the other side were those who were happy to see the statues go, holding African Liberation flags and signs saying good riddance to white supremacy.
    — Angela Helm, The Root, 20 May 2017
  • If your support for U of L was because of nothing more than 40 minutes on the basketball court 40 times a year, good riddance.
    — Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 28 Sep. 2017

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