put upon
Example Sentences
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While Mescal’s no stranger to playing the put-upon father in his relatively brief yet prolific career, his brooding verges on laughable.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025
He’s as put-upon as the rest of us.
From Salon • May 24, 2025
We felt ourselves to be put-upon entry-level hirelings right when “The Devil Wears Prada” came out in 2006.
From New York Times • May 2, 2024
His character Alejandro desperately needs someone to sponsor his work visa, and he thinks he may have found that person in Tilda Swinton’s Elizabeth, a caustic, put-upon art critic.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024
Unable to work either the dishwater or Methuselah’s long memory into a proper ending for his parable, Our Father merely looked at us all and heaved the great sigh of the put-upon male.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
