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Example sentences for "doffs"

Lexicographically close words:
dof; doff; doffed; doffer; doffing; dog; dogbane; dogcart; dogfish; dogg
  1. Goose Gobel will now acknowledge 'no Religion but Liberty;' therefore he doffs his Priest-gear, and receives the Fraternal embrace.

  2. He doffs his animal-head at leisure, showing a sparkling dark-eyed face.

  3. Who cheats for half-pence, and who doffs his coat, To save a farthing in a ferry-boat?

  4. In utter solitude, or that deep calm When all of Earth, its cares and interests, Are shaken from the spirit, as the moth Doffs from its wings the natal crysalis And wanders through the blue serene of heaven?

  5. Straight Alecto, versed in snares, Doffs the fiend's figure and her frowning face.

  6. Young Love obeys, and doffs his plumage light, And, like Iulus, trips forth with delight.

  7. So when tired sunflower doffs her cap Of yellow frills to take a nap, 'Tis but that this surrender brings Her soul's release on golden wings.

  8. When the Frey children are playing on the banquette at their front gate on sunny afternoons, the old organ-grinder often stops, plays a free tune or two for them to dance by, smilingly doffs his hat to the open window above, and passes on.

  9. Jerdon stated that the cock doffs his gay plumage after the breeding season and assumes a dress like that of the hen except for a purple strip running longitudinally from the chin to the abdomen.

  10. After a time-study was taken, the task was set at six sides, and doffs as called for by a schedule.

  11. He doffs his hat, and hands her the note-book with a bow.

  12. Then, his feet once more regaining, Doffs his jacket, doffs his smalls, And in graceful folds around him A bespangled tunic falls.

  13. We may not be able to recognise the poet when he doffs his singing robes; he may then sink to the level of his admirers.

  14. He doffs his sombrero when the guard "turns out" for him.

  15. Springing to his saddle, he doffs his cap as the head of the regiment files by, in flank movement.


  16. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "doffs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.