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
But the very fact that New York City has to go to Albany, hat in hand, to ask permission to alter a city tax levied on city residents with the funds going into the city treasury is maddening.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
No more going hat in hand begging for doses from the rich world.
—Gavin Yamey, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024
By that evening in Philadelphia, Walz had the soon-to-be-viral hat in hand and tweeted a photo wearing it.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
Malone bops around in the background with his ubiquitous red Solo cup and camo baseball hat in hand.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2024
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
No more going hat in hand begging for doses from the rich world.
—Gavin Yamey, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024
By that evening in Philadelphia, Walz had the soon-to-be-viral hat in hand and tweeted a photo wearing it.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
Malone bops around in the background with his ubiquitous red Solo cup and camo baseball hat in hand.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for hat in hand
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hat in hand
humbly
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While skiing in the Dolomites, I was humbly reminded that most hotel rooms in Italy don’t have coffee makers.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Oct. 2025
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Greenidge puts her aims even more humbly.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Hat in hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hat%20in%20hand. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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