1. I'm beginningto feel just a little put-upon.

2. Put-upon cartoon moron George Green is given a new lease of life when a mysterious moth visits him. But are knowledge, power and success all they're cracked up to be?

3. I don't mind helping them, but I can't help feeling a bit put-upon.

4. Often he is resignedly mutilated by sour aldermen, by painfully fat lord mayors, by put-upon railway porters.

5. The way his neighbour always borrows things from him makes him feel put-upon.

6. JOHN EDWARDS has been saying since 2004 that there are two Americas—the America of the rich and privileged and the America of the poor and put-upon.

7. In contrast to deterrent threats, Compellent actions more directly engage the prestige and the passions of the put-upon state.

8. '' For Bateman, who's made a career out of playing responsible, put-upon heroes, The Change-Up offers an opportunity to channel his rowdier side.