as in cap in hand
in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion
he was forced to apologize hat in hand for the offensive comment
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Recent Examples of hat in hand
And when the time came to start paying taxes, developers have returned to the city’s Industrial Development Agency with hat in hand, asking for more tax breaks.
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Christine Wen, The Conversation, 15 Feb. 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine has forced Russia to turn to its fellow Eurasian giant, hat in hand.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2022
What Toomey's amendment wants to do is make sure that our sick and dying veterans have the pleasure that our 9/11 first responders at Ground Zero had of having to come back to Washington, hat in hand, riddled with cancer, and march through the halls of The Hill begging for money every year.
—ABC News, 31 July 2022
They are surprised by a young man who appears on the left with hat in hand, extending a rose to the central girl.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2021
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Christine Wen, The Conversation, 15 Feb. 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine has forced Russia to turn to its fellow Eurasian giant, hat in hand.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2022
What Toomey's amendment wants to do is make sure that our sick and dying veterans have the pleasure that our 9/11 first responders at Ground Zero had of having to come back to Washington, hat in hand, riddled with cancer, and march through the halls of The Hill begging for money every year.
—ABC News, 31 July 2022
They are surprised by a young man who appears on the left with hat in hand, extending a rose to the central girl.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2021
See all Example Sentences for hat in hand
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“Hat in hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hat%20in%20hand. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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