On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Dozen. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as twelve or xii and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Dozen meaning
- A set of twelve.
- A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.
- An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.
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Using Dozen
- The main meaning on this page is: A set of twelve. | A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many. | An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.
- Useful related words include: twelve, 12, xii, cardinal.
- Possible Dutch translations are: dozijn.
- In the example corpus, dozen often appears in combinations such as: than dozen, two dozen, half dozen.
Context around Dozen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dozen
- In this selection, "dozen" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, half, double, roses, bet and species stand out and add context to how "dozen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 8 a dozen just through, a half dozen lifetime awards, two dozen, half dozen and dozen people. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dozen" sits close to words such as margin, recovered and max, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dozen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When the dozen are gone, perhaps another dozen will taste even better. (12 words)
Starting Oct. 10. Krispy Kreme will offer $1 “Sweet-or-Treat” dozen with purchase of a dozen doughnuts. (18 words)
By the end of the month, I had sold 200 dozen cookies, at $8 a dozen, just through social media. (20 words)
Several establishment media polls, from the to CBS News and Fox News, show Trump ahead of Biden as more than a dozen states are set to join the more than half dozen that have already voted this coming Tuesday. (39 words)
More than two dozen militants and about a dozen Indian troops were killed in April, the most in any month since August 2019, when India revoked the region’s semi-autonomous status and statehood and imposed direct federal rule. (39 words)
An extra 'year day' is added for a total of 365 days. citation Awards and recognition Asimov won more than a dozen annual awards for particular works of science fiction and a half dozen lifetime awards. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
The double-dozen bet version uses two dozen bets and half the stake list size of the single-dozen-bet version.
By the end of the month, I had sold 200 dozen cookies, at $8 a dozen, just through social media.
There's only about a half dozen of us, but those half a dozen people know a lot of right-wing activists across the country.
When the dozen are gone, perhaps another dozen will taste even better.
Protests have already seen the killing of more than two dozen civilians by the police, and nearly a dozen police officers by the protesters.
Several establishment media polls, from the to CBS News and Fox News, show Trump ahead of Biden as more than a dozen states are set to join the more than half dozen that have already voted this coming Tuesday.
Ever the master of detail, Perry first takes us to the Weldonville Federal Penitentiary in rural Colorado to marvel at the ingenuity of a dozen prisoners who escape by killing a dozen guards.
More than two dozen militants and about a dozen Indian troops were killed in April, the most in any month since August 2019, when India revoked the region’s semi-autonomous status and statehood and imposed direct federal rule.
Starting Oct. 10. Krispy Kreme will offer $1 “Sweet-or-Treat” dozen with purchase of a dozen doughnuts.
The bouquet boxes include anywhere from a dozen to four dozen roses and come in a variety of different colors.
Scoop up hand-rolled bagels in flavors like black pepper Manchego and buckwheat blueberry by the single, half-dozen, or dozen.
The-- Senator Gillibrand says it is not hurting the Democratic bids, the fact that they have nearly two dozen or two dozen candidates, I guess, we are totally at twenty-four now.
Dirty Dozen at the Joy: One of the best aspects of this show, which actually took place in late December 2017 and celebrated the Dozen’s 40th anniversary, was that it just kept rollin’.
Run by the stalwart chef Jose Melero, he stands at the pass with a dozen chefs on one side and a dozen waiters on the other.
These piranhas can tolerate nearly a dozen large fish scales in their stomachs at one time; that's like a human swallowing a dozen silver dollar pancakes in a single bite.
They do various red roses arrangements—from three roses to half-a-dozen roses, to a dozen roses in all.
About a dozen species inhabit freshwater, mainly in the tropics and subtropics, and another dozen species live on land in cool, damp places.
According to the Grand Rapids Starbucks Workers Union website, citation pickets were held in several dozen cities in more than a dozen countries.
An extra 'year day' is added for a total of 365 days. citation Awards and recognition Asimov won more than a dozen annual awards for particular works of science fiction and a half dozen lifetime awards.
At least a dozen Christians have been given death sentences, citation and half a dozen murdered after being accused of violating blasphemy laws.
Phrases with dozen
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with dozen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- than dozen 35×
- two dozen 30×
- half dozen 17×
- dozen people 14×
- about dozen 13×
- three dozen 9×
- least dozen 7×
- few dozen 7×
- dozen of 6×
- of dozen 6×