Examples of 'put-upon' in a sentence
Meaning of "put-upon"
Put-upon is used to describe someone who is consistently taken advantage of or mistreated by others, often feeling burdened or unfairly treated
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- Alternative form of put upon
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Do not give me this put-upon housewife bullshit.
She is the most sensible character of the series and thus usually the most put-upon.
A motorcar is put-upon to do the ablutionary.
And pretending to ask me to sit in with that put-upon tone of voice.
A put-upon teen finds himself reliving the same miserable Christmas day over and over again.
Andrew is rapidly seen as being the most put-upon person in the hospital.
Like some put-upon martyr… like a smile would break your face, trivializing a man's emotions.
I am fed up to the teeth with everybody feeling so sorry for poor, put-upon Hank.
You heard the put-upon sister.
Do you want to be the traditional man - and I will be the put-upon woman?
Yeah, and you are the poor put-upon wife who does not get any romance.
Marcia Gay Harden plays his put-upon wife.
The put-upon housewife.
They are a historically put-upon people.
Or beloved, put-upon activist versus angry, unpopular ADA.
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Simpson asks me in a put-upon way.
You heard the put-upon sister . Add it up, Mike.
She also had a tired and put-upon look.
It is hard to imagine a more put-upon group in America, is not it?
I can't help feeling that she was a pretty put-upon woman.
Do not give me this put-upon housewife bullshit . Okay?
The lessons to be put-upon.
I'm still leaning towards Zennia, the put-upon daughter-in-law and now wronged wife.
Jewish physics lecturer, Larry Gopnik, is a serious and very put-upon man.
Thelma is a bored, put-upon housewife.
It 's another cornball trick . Your Honor, I do not blame Mr. Dancer for feeling put-upon.
How dare you impose on those put-upon short people!
Jane is the heroine of the book, a lowly and put-upon accountant.
No, no, no . Do not give me this put-upon housewife bullshit.
Can we just move it along? You heard the put-upon sister.
Would that thou hadst a hedge of to put-upon the other side!
The whole world wants to treat him like a wounded, put-upon child, then do it.
Because for the first time, the seething and put-upon majority had a voice.
Big mistake . Because for the first time, the seething and put-upon majority had a voice.
Boorish husband, the put-upon wife.
Little miss put-upon.
You got the grumpy dad, the wacky Uncle . The put-upon mom, crazy kids.
This is Mr. Lazar, our much put-upon site architect.
Okajima Rokuro-now known almost exclusively as " Rock " - was once a typical, put-upon Japanese businessman.
Pat ( Patrick " Pat " Cassels ) tends to be more eccentric and put-upon than the other characters.
And I will be the put-upon woman?
