Dr.K. is balding, middle-aged and perennially put-upon.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's Up, Doc? Don't Ask] Reference

It is not just the pitifully put-upon American populace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Will Spend over $3 Trillion on ECONWAR! Fire and Penalize the Bank Oligarchs] Reference

Emma looked heavenward, releasing a small put-upon sigh.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Specialist]

Then Its itsy-bitsy/put-upon voice abruptly went baritone.    From Wordnik.com.  [America in Collapse, Mile Marker 1: Anarchy Is Here] Reference

Aspiche leaned forward in turn with a tight, put-upon expression.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]

The happiest people will tell you that if you feel put-upon -- give.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rick Foster: 9 Ways To Be Happy In A High-Stress World] Reference

GILES: I am never put-upon; I know my rights, sir, and I will have them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Crucible]

Yet they seemed anything but put-upon in the airport terminal that morning.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Dog Won't Hunt] Reference

The nurse in charge was in uniform, the governess was a much put-upon person.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Titan] Reference

Jinkies, I'm terribly put-upon, having to work 4 days this week instead of 2.    From Wordnik.com.  [wilberteets Diary Entry] Reference

This apparently put these poor, put-upon Democrats in a really bad political spot.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Morning Plum] Reference

“Certainly, Your Grace,” said the long-faced magicker, heaving a put-upon sigh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conqueror's Moon]

Jimbo is often portrayed as the put-upon ethics guy who offers only one piece of advice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Lichtman: Nancy] Reference

A guy I know says he doesn't relate to del Mar-ism because he doesn't feel put-upon by life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeffrey Wells: Del Mar Nation] Reference

Kurt did not seem to realize how put-upon Finn had been feeling about the new living arrangements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scott Mendelson: Equal rights means equal responsibility. Why Glee's 'breakthrough gay scene' succeeds as drama but fails as a teachable moment.] Reference

For too long, Britons have believed that the money should only come from the poor put-upon taxpayer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Azeem Ibrahim: British Universities Need to Invest to Be the Best] Reference

With a shake of her head worthy of Lee at her most put-upon, Nora turned on her heel and stalked off.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]

Eutok merely shook his head with the air of one who was often put-upon but chose to suffer in silence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darkness of the Light] Reference

It's amusing enough that Levenson is trying to drum up sympathy for poor, put-upon "ambitious" lawyers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Louisianans Clean House] Reference

How widespread is a cultural belief in random pointlessness (and its end-game, put-upon human victimhood)?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greed Revisited] Reference

If anything, they looked even more put-upon than Bell's subordinate commanders had a little while earlier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Advance and Retreat]

There is no talk of expansion in Test cricket now; Twenty20 maybe, but not the poor, put-upon five-day game.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zulqarnain Haider and Pakistan benefit from decision review system] Reference

Leaving the governess to explain why this was so, Basil exited the school room feeling inexplicably put-upon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The English Witch]

I don ` t need to see a little kid in a Dockers shirt, in a J. Crew v-neck, looking put-upon about deductions.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2006] Reference

She seemed put-upon when I asked her where Professor Jones's office was, but said, "Two bildings up, in Three-C.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Devil's Waltz]

It was humiliating for most of us women watching her simpering, put-upon act as she stood by her cheating husband.    From Wordnik.com.  [Good Bill, Bad Hillary] Reference

The article starts out with the old "men are scoundrels" theme, with thepoor put-upon wife finally saying "enough.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Lisa Nuss: Italian Sex Imbroglio: Homewrecker wants apology for husband's later] Reference

Buried deep in the second page, comes the fact that when said put-upon wife met said scoundrel man, he was married!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lisa Nuss: Italian Sex Imbroglio: Homewrecker wants apology for husband's later] Reference

Yet catch McCain off guard — or off script — these days, and he can act authentically put-upon and self-pitying.    From Wordnik.com.  [The McCain Mutiny] Reference

"Well, sir," says I, all noble and put-upon, "I'll be honest; I'll try, but I don't think there's a hope of success.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Flashman and the Dragon]

With a shrug of put-upon tolerance the men halted, then swapped ends and turned the handcart up the street they'd just passed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord of the Isles] Reference

And of course, the starring role of the "put-upon appointee" Roland Burris, played with great depth and emotion by Danny Glover.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Lichtman: "Senate Blvd." - Post-Oscar Special] Reference

His antics have many people praising him as a hero for put-upon service workers, while others consider his behavior reprehensible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Finance: Educated but broke] Reference