8 example sentences using valedictory.
Valedictory used in a sentence
Valedictory in a sentence as a noun
"valedictory" means something more like "words for good health".So it's more like we commonly translate "hope you feel well!
Jonathan said in his valedictory address something insightful: "Work does not necessarily make you happy but it may give you the means to be happy.
"Work doesn't necessarily make you happy, but it may give you the money to do the things that make you happy" - from HS valedictory address by a smart kid who I knew when he was wee tall
Some of the jobs are extreme examples but a smart kid I knew since he was a toddler - when he graduated from high school in his valedictory address said, "Work doesn't necessarily make you happy.
Valedictory in a sentence as an adjective
A British Ambassador leaving his post was encouraged to write what was known as a valedictory despatch, to be circulated to a small number of influential people in government.
By tradition, retiring editors write a valedictory editorial which is also signed.
In his valedictory speech, full of chestnuts that were a bit too optimistic and ungrounded, he said the following:"Work doesn't necessarily make you happy but it may give you the means to do the stuff that makes you happy.
And they installed Turnbull after only just over 2 years of government and the Treasurer left parliament altogether because he couldn't pass any legislation?A Treasurer, I might point out, who made a valedictory speech that showed such an utter lack of insight into his complete failure in performing this important role that he called his "debt and deficit" and "lifters and leaners" speech one of the greatest speeches to be made in the last several decades.
Valedictory definitions
a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)
See also: valediction
of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell; "a valedictory address"; "valedictory praise for his uniformly manly course"; "a suitable valedictory gesture"
of a speech expressing leave-taking; "a valedictory address"