He sees her, she waves him a sad goodbye, and vanishes, fading away before his eyes.

The other girls bid a sad goodbye to Elf as she returns home and away from the competition.

The children waved a sad goodbye, as though they were old friends.

On her last night at home, there would be no sad goodbye.

They pretend they have to go to fight in a war and say a sad goodbye.

A sad goodbye to a friend of a lifetime.

With broken heart and loving affection, my sad goodbye.

More importantly, this is used in drama, as a way of saying a sad goodbye to the family to leave for distant work.

Married but childfree, she's gearing herself for a sad goodbye to her 20s.

Later on, back at the beach Terry and Bobby share a sad goodbye.