Example Sentences

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When forced by Pozzo to dance, Mr. Thornton merely doffs his bowler hat rhythmically a few times in a funny nod to Bob Fosse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025

She changes out of her scrubs, doffs her shoes and showers before venturing through the shared house.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2021

In a foundational scene of monotheism, Moses doffs his kicks to approach the burning bush; shoes are, by their pedestrian nature, unfit for holy ground.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 14, 2019

The music nods at Gregorian chant, doffs its cap to Shostakovich, gives a thumbs up to industrial metal, and is uniquely Scott Walker.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2012

The literal and realistic magistrate who doffs his cap in the midst of all these pretty allegories, at the pedestal of the Law, wears the gown of the President of the Cour de Cassation.

From Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 by Walton, William