Examples of put-upon in a Sentence
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On a 115-degree summer afternoon in a wilting, AC-challenged Marseilles apartment block, a put-upon middle-aged wife passes out on her balcony.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 May 2024
But once the truth of Reena’s demise is revealed, the sympathy for these put-upon characters starts to increasingly get in the way of true empathy for their experiences.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2024
In a small role, Anjan Vasan nails the put-upon female cop (the lone one in the department) seeking to unmask this cursing culprit, a task that’s hard to achieve since she through the quicksand of sexism that surrounds her.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) The Daniels rightfully won big at last year’s Oscars for this ambitious, moving, and exceedingly exciting genre-bender, which stars Michelle Yeoh as a put-upon laundress who gets a chance to see where her life could have gone.
—EW.com, 31 Jan. 2024
The latest season opens with Lamb’s put-upon assistant, the quiet Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves), being snatched by an armed group.
—J. Oliver Conroy, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
Huller’s performance as the put-upon daughter of a prankster father earned rave reviews, and the actor says Hollywood took interest — but not for long.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
The novel is more interested in relationships among a constellation of women: Emma Horton, a young mother with unrealized literary ambitions; her friend Patsy; her vexing, charismatic mother, Aurora; and Aurora’s put-upon housekeeper, Rosie.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
Mother, Couch begins with promise, though, and sparks of dry humor in the personality clash between McGregor’s put-upon David and his older brother, Gruffudd (Ifans), who’s as loose as David is tightly wound.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2023
Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 May 2024
But once the truth of Reena’s demise is revealed, the sympathy for these put-upon characters starts to increasingly get in the way of true empathy for their experiences.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2024
In a small role, Anjan Vasan nails the put-upon female cop (the lone one in the department) seeking to unmask this cursing culprit, a task that’s hard to achieve since she through the quicksand of sexism that surrounds her.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) The Daniels rightfully won big at last year’s Oscars for this ambitious, moving, and exceedingly exciting genre-bender, which stars Michelle Yeoh as a put-upon laundress who gets a chance to see where her life could have gone.
—EW.com, 31 Jan. 2024
The latest season opens with Lamb’s put-upon assistant, the quiet Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves), being snatched by an armed group.
—J. Oliver Conroy, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
Huller’s performance as the put-upon daughter of a prankster father earned rave reviews, and the actor says Hollywood took interest — but not for long.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
The novel is more interested in relationships among a constellation of women: Emma Horton, a young mother with unrealized literary ambitions; her friend Patsy; her vexing, charismatic mother, Aurora; and Aurora’s put-upon housekeeper, Rosie.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
Mother, Couch begins with promise, though, and sparks of dry humor in the personality clash between McGregor’s put-upon David and his older brother, Gruffudd (Ifans), who’s as loose as David is tightly wound.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2023
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“Put-upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put-upon. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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