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

Few Dozen in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: dozen
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.9 words

Words in this phrase

few dozen

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • few can mean: An indefinite, but usually small, number of. Common word
  • dozen can mean: A set of twelve. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

a few dozen employees stood 1× a few dozen protesters with 1× a few dozen spectators were 1× above a few dozen people gathered 1× ambush a few dozen meters away 1× among a few dozen borrowers who 1× and a few dozen more self 1× and a few dozen republicans 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a few dozen 3× a new spending 1× a ukrainian flag 1× add to that 1× after police cleared 1× considering the fact 1×

Common sentence endings:

above his podium 1× crater was captivating 1× dozen meters away 1× established april 29 1× few dozen hours 1× few dozen republicans 1×

Context words

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

people 3× away 3× across 3× flag 2× gathered 2× held 2× qubits 2× millions 2× loop 2× course 2× hundreds 2× competitive 1×

Related phrases

two dozen few hundred few years few weeks few months few days last few half dozen few quarters past few

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around dozen:

two dozen 20× half dozen 17× dozen people 14× dozen times 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

few decades few days festival director ferry terminal ferris wheel feral cats

Just after it in the phrase index:

few examples few highlights few hundred few moments few months few quarters

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

few hundred few years few weeks few months few days few quarters

Same ending:

two dozen half dozen

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "few dozen" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 27.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a few dozen employees stood, a few dozen protesters with, people, away and across stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with two dozen, few hundred, few years, two dozen, half dozen and dozen people, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with few dozen

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

Short example sentences

A few dozen spectators were able to watch the sentencing from the courtroom. (13 words)

Add to that Lindseypoo, Joe Wilson, Nikki Haley, and a few dozen more self-serving political scumboli. (17 words)

Considering the fact that there are only a few dozen events each year, that figure is especially astounding. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

In any case, it’s likely that more people died or were wounded in the fighting than the 70,000 residents of Bakhmut before the war; a population now almost completely gone, save for a few dozen desperate souls hiding out in basements. (43 words)

Thompson was among a few dozen borrowers who camped out in drizzle overnight to get seats at the court, where they watched conservative justices question the administration’s authority to wipe away debt held by millions of Americans. (38 words)

After police cleared the road, a few dozen demonstrators marched across campus from the Rose Garden near a location where the ceremonies were taking place to McInnes Field, the site of the protest encampment established April 29. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

If you’re not a competitive gamer, those few (or few dozen) milliseconds that Reflex can slice off for you are not going to make or break your gaming experience.

The caliphate has been reduced to a few dozen tents in the village of Baghouz, but a few hundred fighters are holding an unknown number of civilians and refusing to surrender.

Add to that Lindseypoo, Joe Wilson, Nikki Haley, and a few dozen more self-serving political scumboli.

A few dozen spectators were able to watch the sentencing from the courtroom.

A Ukrainian flag flies above a few dozen people gathered for a vigil Friday held in support for Ukraine on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of the country at the Pioneers Museum.

Considering the fact that there are only a few dozen events each year, that figure is especially astounding.

Current quantum systems are relatively small, with up to a few dozen qubits, but larger machines with thousands or millions of qubits will be required for many practical applications.

During Fish Creek’s annual Winter Festival in February, a few dozen “competitors” lace up their sneakers and don silly costumes for the Fruit Loop Fun Run.

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However, what really sets apart is its destruction, gathering, and crafting mechanics, which all combine to create a deeply satisfying gameplay loop that expands nicely and naturally over the course of a few dozen hours.

In any case, it’s likely that more people died or were wounded in the fighting than the 70,000 residents of Bakhmut before the war; a population now almost completely gone, save for a few dozen desperate souls hiding out in basements.

In July 1998, while trying to cross the Philadelphi Corridor to Egypt, he escaped from a force from the Nahal 50th Battalion which was lying in ambush a few dozen meters away.

Only a few dozen out of the hundreds we’ve seen lined up on the streets of Gaza and hauled away on trucks are terrorists.

Still, the variety of free-roaming animals, unfazed by the few dozen Land Cruisers clattering across the crater, was captivating.

The area was far from prime real estate: It boasted a few dozen houses scattered across a stretch of wind-blown desert, but nothing else in the way of commerce.

The MassChallenge program involves an elimination competition in which hundreds of companies are whittled down to a few dozen finalists over the course of several months.

Thompson was among a few dozen borrowers who camped out in drizzle overnight to get seats at the court, where they watched conservative justices question the administration’s authority to wipe away debt held by millions of Americans.

A few dozen employees stood behind him, and an American flag and banners for the military hung above his podium.

A few dozen protesters with the Poor People’s Army gathered at Humboldt Park, just beyond one of the neighborhood’s towering Puerto Rican flags, for their own demonstration.

After police cleared the road, a few dozen demonstrators marched across campus from the Rose Garden near a location where the ceremonies were taking place to McInnes Field, the site of the protest encampment established April 29.

A new spending plan put forth by Donald Trump, and pushed by Elon Musk, was resoundingly rejected by House Democrats and a few dozen Republicans.

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