How to Use greener pastures in a Sentence

greener pastures

plural noun
  • Most of its stars, though, have moved on to greener pastures.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2021
  • So, is now a good time to start looking for greener pastures?
    — Jackie Bischof, Quartz, 27 Sep. 2020
  • But many itch for greener pastures, and remote work opens up the frontier.
    — Zach Wener-Fligner, Quartz at Work, 11 Aug. 2020
  • McWilliams was not fooled by the promise of greener pastures.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 18 Aug. 2023
  • But will that sway his decision at all to stick around or depart for greener pastures?
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Let your new winter coat transport you to greener pastures with our picks, below.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Some people were able to reimagine their lives during the last few years, quit or change jobs and find greener pastures.
    — Lisa Mulcahy, Good Housekeeping, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Those are the ones who never say a word but quietly abandon you for greener pastures.
    — Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Also, athletes, stop being so quick to always want to run to what seems like greener pastures.
    — Gabriel Stovall, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Even if all is going well, take a look around at potentially greener pastures.
    — John A. List, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Very few surprises and, for the most part, big names staying with teams more than moving on to greener pastures.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Both Vai and Sheehan were about to leave Roth’s band for greener pastures.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Coaches weren’t the only ones in search of greener pastures this offseason.
    — Laine Higgins, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Plumlee left for greener pastures in Detroit.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Many who change teams in search of greener pastures, or because the team says to get out, end up in a dismal situation.
    — Dominick Petrillo, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024
  • Most of us are fleeing the profession, seeking greener pastures where the pay is better and the shift ends at five o’clock.
    — Lisa Bubert, Longreads, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The road toward greener pastures is still unclear for Richmond and the greater region.
    — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The best choice may be to leave whatever environment is forcing this on you and take off for greener pastures.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Those horns and your headstrong nature are there to help you through adversity and bring you into greener pastures.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Rosie O'Donnell has left the United States for greener pastures.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
  • While Wall has been offered a limited role, he's declined it in hope of seeking greener pastures.
    — Morten Jensen, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
  • If the new deal doesn’t measure up, Colorado and others could consider a jump to greener pastures.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023
  • For now, Gerald’s horse, Beau, has moved to greener pastures, grazing on a farm owned by Williams.
    — al, 22 May 2021
  • As many of you may have heard, countless Americans have left their jobs in search of greener pastures amid the pandemic.
    — Andrew Depietro, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • It was designed to make less of a mess of the transfer situation as well as to help players who wanted to see greener pastures.
    — Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Jan. 2022
  • County leaders wanted to tie the Spurs down and discourage any thoughts that the team might move on to greener pastures some day.
    — Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 2 May 2022
  • In past dry spells, people have trucked their cattle to other parts of Colorado or other states in search of greener pastures.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
  • So, McCarter decided to look for greener pastures - or in this case, at least ones a little more red.
    — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2022
  • With many of the site’s most thoughtful users leaving X for greener pastures, what is left behind is most of the app’s worst aspects writ large.
    — Hazlitt, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Wage growth is already slowing, and fewer workers are quitting in search of greener pastures than at the height of the pandemic.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2023

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