Put Upon

Word PUT UPON
Character 8
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What do we mean by put upon?

Imposed on, taken advantage of, used, taken for granted, or unappreciated.

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The word "put-upon" in example sentences

But while Frankie may be as equally put-upon by her family, she seems much fonder of them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Somehow, the much put-upon and aggrieved white people of America will struggle through the horrors of discrimination and survive. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Woods, 33, effusively praised put-upon mother Elin Nordegren for putting up with all the mud. ❋ Admin (2009)

Solid performances all round – Mark Heap's decent yet put-upon lawyer is a particular joy. ❋ Martin Skegg (2010)

Each webisode follows his generally-clueless efforts to survive at ESPN, certain that he is brilliant and doing everything better and smarter than everyone else, oblivious that the only thing keeping him from falling off the edge of the earth is his put-upon, weary and harried producer, terrifically played by Alison Becker. ❋ Robert J. Elisberg (2010)

Airplane Ethics and Etiquette Illustrations by Jonathan Carlson "You're being put-upon in a way you shouldn't be in the first place," says Anna Post , etiquette expert at the Emily Post Institute and a frequent traveler herself. ❋ Scott McCartney (2011)

And no matter how you feel about Sandler, he leaves a lasting impression as lonely, alienated Barry Egan, the Californian businessman and put-upon brother who falls for the ever-patient Emily Watson. ❋ Kim Morgan (2011)

PopCULT! by David Barnett Pendragon Press, £9.99The genre favours supermen over the ordinary man in the street, proactive heroes over lonely, socially awkward souls, but one of the many delights of Barnett's fourth novel is its put-upon hero, Stuart Balfour. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I am glad that there is someone out there with the bravery and courage to * dare* defend those poor, put-upon Americans. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His put-upon geekdom as Peter Parker and his abjection by Flash Thompson kind of opened up a queering of the text for me, with Flash as the closeted jock going out of his way to prove his heteronormativity by wailing on the closeted geek. ❋ Hal Duncan (2010)

David Mitchell is probably the least put-upon of the cast, being in possession of an almost-funny visual gag where his entire body expands with enthusiasm, the more excited he becomes. ❋ Unknown (2011)

With TNT's Southland and USA's White Collar having wrapped a week ago, your best bet for cable drama Tuesday night is a new and pivotal episode of FX's compelling Lights Out, which picks up in the aftermath of its put-upon hero's latest setback. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Eventually, the put-upon organ begins to sputter, causing weakness, fainting, and other unsettling symptoms — like the augury of imminent death. ❋ Gerard Varni (2011)

From executive producer Steven Spielberg, Smash follows a group of people, including Debra Messing as a put-upon lyricist and Katharine McPhee as a spirited ingénue, as they come together to put on a Broadway show about Marilyn Monroe. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Reilly is her working man husband though they certainly have a very nice apartment and Winslet is Waltz's put-upon wife with her own successful career that makes Foster and Reilly either green with jealousy or suspicious over privilege. ❋ Michael Giltz (2011)

Pike doing a great job of portraying a swaggering, cock-sure Kirk and Urban doing a fine job playing the older, put-upon Bones. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Clearly this honest, put-upon white man, well-off enough to fly back and forth to Canada, who says he never told the police of his alleged problems because he didn't trust them, is a victim of racial persecution. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For a film about a girl's first day at school, the Afghan production team deliberately chose a character from the Hazara community, a much put-upon minority in a country where there are growing fears of ethnic fragmentation. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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