1.   And most of all, the tears were not out of victorious joy, but for a bittersweet farewell.

2.   In New York and recently in Atlanta, there have been pink slip parties to bid a bittersweet farewell to the old company and old friends.

3.   Another contestant, wearing a pink fuzzy sweater, appeared to bid a bittersweet farewell to a partner.

4.   It was a bittersweet farewell Thursday night as Barbra Streisand performed what she said was her last live performance.