Below you will find example sentences with "dozens upon". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Dozens Upon in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 7
  • Discovered as a combination around: dozens
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 18.1 words

Words in this phrase

dozens upon

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • dozens can mean: plural of dozen Frequent word
  • upon can mean: A higher-register or more formal alternative to on in most, though not all, prepositional uses. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

dozens upon dozens of 1× expressed by dozens upon dozens of 1× of his dozens upon dozens of 1× rescues and dozens upon dozens of 1× that inspired dozens upon dozens of 1× ve seen dozens upon dozens of 1× with designing dozens upon dozens of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

dozens upon dozens 1× fire officials said 1× he even became 1× prosecutors were looking 1× similar sentiments were 1× tired on relying 1×

Common sentence endings:

dozens of accusers 1× fans on facebook 1× of ground rescues 1× of internet memes 1× of new microgames 1× running the show 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

rescues 2× became 1× fat 1× thor 1× performance 1× inspired 1× internet 1× memes 1× seen 1× times 1× lord 1× knows 1×

Related phrases

thousands upon upon thousands millions upon upon millions dependent upon upon arrival touched upon agreed upon depends upon hundreds upon

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around dozens:

upon dozens 7× killed dozens 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

dozen times dozen people downward trend downtown vancouver downtown ottawa downtown los

Just after it in the phrase index:

draft class draft pick draft picks draft prospect drag queen drag queens

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

thousands upon millions upon dependent upon touched upon agreed upon depends upon

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "dozens upon" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 18.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as dozens upon dozens of, expressed by dozens upon dozens of, rescues, became and fat stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with thousands upon, upon thousands, millions upon, upon dozens and killed dozens, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with dozens upon

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Similar sentiments were expressed by dozens upon dozens of fans on Facebook. (12 words)

Prosecutors were looking to have Cosby face 19 of his dozens upon dozens of accusers. (15 words)

He even became “Fat Thor” in a performance that inspired dozens upon dozens of Internet memes. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Tired on relying on his usual cohorts (who unfortunately don’t include ) Wario just straight up tasks the player with designing dozens upon dozens of new microgames. (27 words)

Even if you’ve seen dozens upon dozens of times (lord knows I have), this is the definitive version to own. (21 words)

Dozens upon dozens of awards will be handed out at the 2018 Grammys, but who’s running the show? (19 words)

Question examples

Dozens upon dozens of awards will be handed out at the 2018 Grammys, but who’s running the show? (19 words)

Example sentences (7)

He even became “Fat Thor” in a performance that inspired dozens upon dozens of Internet memes.

Even if you’ve seen dozens upon dozens of times (lord knows I have), this is the definitive version to own.

Dozens upon dozens of awards will be handed out at the 2018 Grammys, but who’s running the show?

Fire officials said there have been 50 air-hoist rescues, and dozens upon dozens of ground rescues.

Prosecutors were looking to have Cosby face 19 of his dozens upon dozens of accusers.

Similar sentiments were expressed by dozens upon dozens of fans on Facebook.

Tired on relying on his usual cohorts (who unfortunately don’t include ) Wario just straight up tasks the player with designing dozens upon dozens of new microgames.