Sentence examples for put upon him from inspiring English sources

If any contract is fastened upon him, it is put upon him against his consent.

Such restraint may be 'the greatest displeasure and indignity to a free and knowing spirit that can be put upon him.' J. Milton, Aeropagitica, 21 (Everyman's ed. 1927).

Whatever restraints were put upon him were mere police regulations to control his conduct in the business, and not to exclude him therefrom.

He hated having that put upon him as a kid, so he tried to encourage us to be as freewheeling as we liked.

Such were the means whereby the deposition of Demaratus was brought about; but his flying from Sparta to the Medes was by reason of an affront which was put upon him.

Murray had myriad foes to defeat in this final, most significantly the expectations put upon him in Britain, where his every match is an indicator of national well-being.

Cynicism, sarcasm and feeling put upon are the first signs.

In addition to being a governor, Pence spent a dozen years in Congress, becoming a part of the Republican leadership, and Paul Ryan, in one of the few moments of the Convention when he didn't look put upon, introduced him as a friend.

In addition to being a governor, Pence spent a dozen years in Congress, becoming a part of the Republican leadership, and Paul Ryan, in one of the few moments of the Convention when he didn't look put upon, introduced him as a friend.

I won't not curse when fates put upon them.

"The fact that he was Jewish set him apart in a sense, but I've got to say he made friends easily in the school and there was no question of him being put upon because of his background". Hecht was naturalised as a British citizen in December 1947 and took an oath of allegiance in Llanelli in January 1948.