How to Use dozen in a Sentence

dozen

noun
  • Which leaves us with one spot, and half-a-dozen films to fill it.
    Vulture, 23 Jan. 2023
  • At this point the stories still land yet are a dime a dozen.
    Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • Who will fill the void in the other few dozen contests?
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The budget, along with dozens of amendments, passed in a 6-1 vote.
    Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
  • More than a dozen of Tran’s family and friends watched from the gallery.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024
  • There are more than a dozen ways to get in for free to the festival this year.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2023
  • Kevin Steele has coached at Kyle Field more than a half-dozen times, by his count.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The incumbent had served on the council for a dozen years.
    The Indianapolis Star, 3 May 2023
  • That track sold only a few dozen more copies than Jimin’s.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • By contrast, John Muir hikes through a mere half-dozen pages of Yosemite.
    Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Check out over two dozen flicks, events and programs over 10 days.
    Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Third-party groups paid for 26 trips over the years, and the city of Central Falls paid for a dozen or so.
    Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
  • There's the private ranch with horses and about a dozen homes scattered across Waimea and down by the beach.
    Dara Kerr, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
  • About a dozen civilians have also been killed in the fighting.
    Leo Sands, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Its wings are offered with a choice of nearly two dozen sauces.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2024
  • That was just one of dozens of rail updates across the country that have started since the bill was passed.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 10 May 2024
  • First, as of midnight on the 4th, the counts were extremely close, with Trump ahead by just a dozen EVs.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In fact, Furid claims that its AirTag wallet can hold up to a dozen cards.
    Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 29 Dec. 2022
  • That area still has more than a dozen speed restrictions, the dashboard shows.
    Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
  • Wallace said at least a dozen cities around the world have reached out about bringing the format to their city.
    Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The organization placed Brown in charge of a crew of a dozen men.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
  • In normal times, dozens of gates along the wall will allow car traffic to pass through.
    Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
  • Overall, at least a dozen people have died from the infection across the U.S. so far in 2023.
    Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
  • Mass demonstrations were planned in dozens of cities across the country.
    Reuters, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Residents said dozens more were buried in the wreckage.
    Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 18 Nov. 2023
  • With nearly a dozen to choose from, there's likely a sauce for every type of dunker.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • It is set up to accommodate large groups of up to two dozen.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The agents hurried to the store and saw a man walk out with more than a dozen AK-47 style rifles, load them into a car, and drive off.
    Ieva Jusionyte, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Fort Worth police have identified a man accused of killing his girlfriend and leading dozens of officers on a chase on Monday night.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Like Rhodes’ stalker, Carr and Mae says the perpetrator would make dozens of accounts on Twitch and elsewhere to continue harassing the couple.
    Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025

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