How to Use put-upon in a Sentence

put-upon

adjective

• Dilbert, the put-upon chronicler of office life, has been given the pink slip.
  — Chris Lamb, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2023
• Eventually, the put-upon Redelmo steals his way across the room and ducks through a doorway.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
• Ellen Green reprising her celebrated turn as the put-upon Audrey?
  — Scott Hocker, theweek, 1 May 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
• 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
• But it was tweaked from a darker earlier draft which gave his put-upon girlfriend Shelby (Brittany O’Grady) less agency.
  — William Earl, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
• The put-upon journalist also finds some time to torment the new fiancée (Reid Scott) of his former flame (Michelle Williams), using his parasitic alter ego to one-up the battle of the sexes.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
• For the perpetually put-upon Rhiannon, victimhood and villainy are two sides of the same coin.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
• These films feature their own manner of put-upon wives, though they are afforded something Mollie is not: a scene that cracks them apart, allowing their frustration and fears to spill into the open air of the film.
  — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Jan. 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
• Nicholas Hoult stars as a put-upon underling who falls in love with a New Orleans cop (Awkwafina) and decides to take a stand against his controlling employer.
  — Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2023
• As the two women argue over which one of them should ascend to a higher position of power, Russell provides Wyler with a put-upon weariness that matches her glower.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
• 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.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 May 2024
• Downs also stars as Jimmy, Ava and Deborah’s put-upon manager.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 31 May 2024
• Enrique Duenas is King Arthur’s devoted if put-upon servant Patsy.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
• Sandler plays the devoted but put-upon husband with a delicate balance of compassion and aloofness, and in moments like this, a wounded candor comes through that is oddly touching.
  — Calum Marsh, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
• Peter Pan’s closest thing to a hero might be the show within a show’s put-upon stage manager (Chris Leask), who wanders through the background of scenes fixing the lighting and unsticking the actors before being thrust into a starring role himself.
  — Vulture, 19 Apr. 2023
• Nothing, apparently, has been forgotten, whether by her, her anonymous ghostwriter, or some put-upon researcher.
  — Alexander Larman, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
• Revolving around our beloved, put-upon protagonist returning to her deceased father’s homeland to perform one final favor, this threequel is surprisingly lifeless and almost laugh-less.
  — Courtney Howard, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023