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

Two Dozen in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: dozen
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 30
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 30.2 words

Words in this phrase

two dozen

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • two can mean: A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••). Very common word
  • dozen can mean: A set of twelve. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 15 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

and another two dozen were quarantined 1× approximately two dozen additional dykes 1× arrested nearly two dozen times in 1× dozen or two dozen candidates i 1× have nearly two dozen or two 1× include nearly two dozen semiconductor companies 1× more than two dozen 1× more than two dozen civilians by 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

more than two 2× according to media 1× among the disturbing 1× approximately two dozen 1× chinese companies facing 1× cruise ship rescues 1×

Common sentence endings:

by the protesters 1× chipmaking tool makers 1× control and prevention 1× direct federal rule 1× dozen bet version 1× drug trafficking ring 1×

Context words

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

nearly 7× people 5× year 4× killed 3× companies 3× bet 2× version 2× candidates 2× police 2× imposed 2× drug 2× long 2×

Related phrases

two weeks two daughters two years two goals two touchdowns two seasons two sides rating two two assists two decades

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around dozen:

half dozen 17× dozen people 14× few dozen 7× dozen times 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

two distinct two decades two days two daughters two counts two countries

Just after it in the phrase index:

two episodes two female two games two goals two heads two hits

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

two weeks two daughters two years two goals two touchdowns two seasons

Same ending:

half dozen few dozen

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "two dozen" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 30.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and another two dozen were quarantined, approximately two dozen additional dykes, nearly, people and year stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with two weeks, two daughters, two years, half dozen, dozen people and few dozen, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with two dozen

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

Short example sentences

More than two dozen enemy shells landed in two communities - Marganetska and Chervonogrigorivska. (13 words)

In the last two years, nearly two dozen states have passed legislation on the issue. (15 words)

Chinese companies facing new restrictions include nearly two dozen semiconductor companies, two investment companies and over 100 chipmaking tool makers. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

This image provided by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 shows brands of cheese recalled due to a decade-long outbreak of listeria food poisoning that killed two people and sickened more than two dozen. (42 words)

More than 400 South Korean citizens were set to return from Israel, which imposed an entry ban and arranged two charter flights after more than two dozen South Korean Catholics who had gone on a pilgrimage there tested positive for the virus. (42 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)

Example sentences (20)

The double-dozen bet version uses two dozen bets and half the stake list size of the single-dozen-bet version.

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.

Protests have already seen the killing of more than two dozen civilians by the police, and nearly a dozen police officers by the protesters.

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.

Mounties say two men and two women were charged with more than two dozen drug and weapons offences this summer following a year-long investigation into a Metro Vancouver drug-trafficking ring.

Her remarks came two days after more than two dozen Congress members sent her a letter condemning the university’s alleged lack of a prompt and unequivocal condemnation of the Hamas attack.

In the last two years, nearly two dozen states have passed legislation on the issue.

More than two dozen enemy shells landed in two communities - Marganetska and Chervonogrigorivska.

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Among the disturbing busts highlighted by The Post was a 14-year-old arrested nearly two dozen times in less than two years and a 12-year-old with six arrests — among the results of the state law.

Approximately two dozen additional dykes, with widths ranging from 8 metres to approximately 20 metres, have also been intercepted in the two previous campaigns with minimal to no follow-up work.

Chinese companies facing new restrictions include nearly two dozen semiconductor companies, two investment companies and over 100 chipmaking tool makers.

Dairy products made by Rizo Lopez Foods are the source of the listeria outbreak that has killed two people and sickened more than two dozen since 2014, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Gahringer was one of more than two dozen people who spoke at the first of two public hearings on the school closure.

In the small town of Comitancillo, two murals serve as a different reminder — they’re memorials to the nearly two dozen local migrants who died in recent mass tragedies.

This image provided by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 shows brands of cheese recalled due to a decade-long outbreak of listeria food poisoning that killed two people and sickened more than two dozen.

According to Media Matters, there are more than two dozen QAnon-friendly candidates running for Congress this year, all but two of whom are Republicans (the rest are independents).

Cruise ship rescues 24 people from boat off Florida coastA Carnival Cruise Line ship rescued two dozen people, including two children, from a sinking boat 37 miles off the Florida coast, the.

In Newport Beach, after two lifeguards tested positive for coronavirus and another two dozen were quarantined, being able to keep holiday revelers safe during a big swell became even more of a concern.

More than 400 South Korean citizens were set to return from Israel, which imposed an entry ban and arranged two charter flights after more than two dozen South Korean Catholics who had gone on a pilgrimage there tested positive for the virus.

Nearly two dozen other parents have pleaded guilty in the case, including “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman, who was sentenced to two weeks in prison for paying $15,000 to have a proctor correct her daughter’s SAT answers.

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