half dozen

phrase

: six

a half dozen eggs

Examples of half dozen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Winter Comes to East Orange A half dozen oncologists and surgeons told me that delaying treatment by more than a month and a half was problematic. — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2026

As the midterm elections approached, Murphy was campaigning for candidates in the state as well as Democrats in nearly a half dozen states with marquee Senate races that could affect which party holds the majority, the CT Mirror reported. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026

Obama himself stopped at least a half dozen times to laugh at his own material. — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026

Iris released another half dozen albums with the Cruisers through 2010’s studio swan song, the Christmas album Ah! — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2026