How To Use put-up In A Sentence
- Boris Johnson today dismissed continuing concerns over the News of the World's use of phone hacking as "codswallop" that "looks like a politically motivated put-up job by the Labour party". Boris Johnson dismisses concerns over News of the World phone hacking as 'codswallop'
- But luckily my poor put-upon mother was around and did the chauffeuring trick to the NRMA and the RTA. This'n'that
- For him to be basically the put-upon straight man surrounded by zanies, including Allison Janney as the wacky boss and Nate Torrence as her nincompoop son, seems like a waste. Ask Matt: Chicago Code, Castle, Fringe and More!
- They are far more put-upon. Times, Sunday Times
- Regardless of whether Kranish ever meant to write fluff for Kerry's book or not, the Elliott story smells like a put-up job.
- The scheme looked like a good investment, but it turned out that the whole thing was a put-up job.
- But husbands and fathers in sitcoms tend to be far too put-upon to enjoy peace and quiet. Times, Sunday Times
- “Certainly, Your Grace,” said the long-faced magicker, heaving a put-upon sigh. Conqueror's Moon
- The playwright's rabbity, put-upon Everyloser is a clock-tower sniper in the making; a weird, nervous, socially maladjusted little knot of nerves riddled with neuroses, delusions and obsessive-compulsions.
- The actress does OK as the put-upon motelier who's had it up to here.
