put out to pasture
Example Sentences
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The remnants of Sprint’s network have been put out to pasture.
From The Verge ● Jul. 1, 2022
She refuses to accept the cultural diagnosis that she should be put out to pasture and instead is unstoppable in bringing her TV show to air.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2022
This transition made Jolson feel as if he was being put out to pasture on the West Coast — not to mention his fraying marriage to Warner Bros.’s tap-dancing ingénue Ruby Keeler.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
Damned if it didn’t feel like he was being put out to pasture.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2021
After years underground, they were too sensitive to light to be put out to pasture.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
