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.
• Kisses were blown; hats were doffed.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
• Werth doffed his batting helmet to the crowd before his final at-bat.
  — USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2017
• After 20 minutes, the runners doffed their ice packs and ran again.
  — Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, 14 June 2017
• As waves of applause wash over him, Lambert doffs his purple cap and waves it at the crowd.
  — Washington Post, 12 June 2019
• Hayes doffed his cap to the crowd in appreciation.
  — John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
• The rise of the handshake did not precipitate the loss of hat-doffing.
  — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
• Jelly Roll – leaping to his feet and doffing his cap for the cheering crowd.
  — Matthew Leimkuehler, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
• Brantley flashed that smile, doffed his cap and jogged to Terry Francona.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 9 July 2019
• 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
• Time to doff that winter coat, and (temporarily) lose those mittens.
  — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2020
• 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
• Pilots in flight uniforms doffed their hats and knelt, and flight attendants held bouquets of flowers.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2020
• Shame is doffed like a dowdy jacket; the body is unequivocally embraced.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Roberts doffed his cap in gratitude for a spirited postgame ovation from the fans here, almost all of them Dodgers fans.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
• Verlander doffed his cap to the adoring crowd, which remained in applause for about 30 seconds.
  — 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
• Five hours later, Honeycutt doffs his baseball hat to the audience.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025
• 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
• 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
• The singer was renowned for doffing his shirt and ripping around onstage like the Tasmanian Devil.
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2017
• The singer also doffed the top of his orange jumpsuit to reveal some sort of medical port or device inserted on the upper left side of his chest.
  — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
• 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
• Polite to a fault, Franke became famous on the circuit for doffing his cap at meet-and-greets with fans and at other public appearances.
  — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2025
• Justin Verlander struck out the side in the first inning Sunday afternoon, walked off the mound to a standing ovation and doffed his cap to the crowd.
  — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025