put on

My hero, who I had put on a pedestal, was just a kid, just a human.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

During a recent stay in Stafford, she paid a £35 cleaning fee but was still asked to strip the beds, put on a wash, empty bins and carry rubbish to a recycling area.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

That year the first radio collars were put on bobcats and coyotes in Liberty Canyon, where the crossing is located.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The movement’s biggest players, wary of crossing two of their closest Senate allies, were suddenly put on the spot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

If I came down with a bad cold or the flu, Daisy would put on her uniform and go to work.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

“Ridiculous” is C.K.’s way of letting the world know, with put-on humility, that when you brush aside his Teflon-coated fame and elder statesman standing, the 58-year-old star is really just old and exhausted.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

Mr. Stoll projects a slick self-confidence that seems slightly put-on, a hard crust over a more complicated personality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Even the husky TED-talking voice Holmes used to invest herself with greater seriousness and authority was a put-on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2025

He described the unorthodox and at times controversial comedian Andy Kaufman as “the pre-eminent put-on artist of his generation” and “a pioneering practitioner of various cultural trends long before they ever became trends.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

His voice was poshish but not as posh as Mum's put-on posh.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell