How to Use doff in a Sentence

doff

verb

• They doffed their coats when they came inside.
• He doffed his cap as he introduced himself.
• But a 50-mph gust still seemed worthy of doffing our caps.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
• As waves of applause wash over him, Lambert doffs his purple cap and waves it at the crowd.
  — Washington Post, 12 June 2019
• After 20 minutes, the runners doffed their ice packs and ran again.
  — Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, 14 June 2017
• Brantley flashed that smile, doffed his cap and jogged to Terry Francona.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 9 July 2019
• Jelly Roll – leaping to his feet and doffing his cap for the cheering crowd.
  — Matthew Leimkuehler, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
• Tiger Woods' hair is usually covered by a sponsors' cap, to be doffed when the day is done.
  — Bernie Lincicome, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
• Werth doffed his batting helmet to the crowd before his final at-bat.
  — USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2017
• Bumgarner doffed his helmet and waved it toward the fans.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 29 Sep. 2019
• While drummer JT Bates thundered and sizzled, the four attempted to don and doff jeans without the use of their hands.
  — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 14 June 2019
• The moment when the much maligned coach compelled even his most ardent of dissenters to doff their caps in respect?
  — SI.com, 12 July 2018
• The senior left-hander then doffed his cap in response to the standing ovation from the Goss Stadium crowd of 3,960, but what came next caught him off-guard.
  — Ron Richmond For The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 8 June 2018
• Finally, when finished, Woods doffed his hat and raised it above his head as an ovation erupted all around him.
  — Photographs By Doug Mills, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• Verlander doffed his cap to the adoring crowd, which remained in applause for about 30 seconds.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 28 Sep. 2019
• In terms of making the best of the situation, caps should be doffed to Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz for his response.
  — Graeme McMillan, WIRED, 11 Aug. 2019
• Members of a meditation group for retirees are ready to doff their masks, even the woman with lung problems.
  — Fenit Nirappil, Aara'l Yarber and Sheila Regan, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
• Pilots in flight uniforms doffed their hats and knelt, and flight attendants held bouquets of flowers.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2020
• The singer was renowned for doffing his shirt and ripping around onstage like the Tasmanian Devil.
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2017
• So, many of the forthcoming players may yet line up on a baseline and doff their poorly-conceived collector’s hat to the crowd on the evening of July 13.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 5 July 2021
• Time to doff that winter coat, and (temporarily) lose those mittens.
  — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2020
• That show of unity comes as divisions have emerged among long-haulers, some of whom are less ready than others to accept that the rest of the country has doffed its masks and is moving on.
  — Frances Stead Sellers, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2023
• Once Jimmie’s dad doffs his homburg and takes a seat, be prepared for some serious head-scratching.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
• That night Beria enters the maid's cell, doffing his coat, and Iannucci fades to black; the next morning she's sent home with her parents and a bouquet of flowers.
  — J.r. Jones, Chicago Reader, 15 Mar. 2018
• After his sixth and final frame, Verlander doffed his cap toward an adoring section just above the first-base dugout.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 28 Sep. 2019
• Dozens of young women have been arrested for doffing their headscarves in public to protest the official dress code.
  — The Economist, 21 Apr. 2018
• In the dugout, Rick Porcello approvingly doffed his cap.
  — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2019
• Two new studies are being hailed as proof that vaccinated people can doff masks and pod-hop worry-free.
  — Megan Molteni, Wired, 25 Feb. 2021
• Award-winning cows, horses, sheep and even donkeys paraded in front of him, as gauchos dressed in their baggy bombacha trousers doffed their berets.
  — The Economist, 10 Aug. 2019
• At the top end of the street stands Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, its bright orange shopfront standing out from the crowd of blackness, and featuring the moving model of one of the red-haired twins doffing his hat, bursting out of the windows.
  — Nathan Barry, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2012

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