How to Use dozen in a Sentence

dozen

noun

• Which leaves us with one spot, and half-a-dozen films to fill it.
  — Vulture, 23 Jan. 2023
• The lawsuit was the first in what the Georgia GOP claimed would be a dozen.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2020
• At this point the stories still land yet are a dime a dozen.
  — Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 15 June 2022
• Who will fill the void in the other few dozen contests?
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 24 Feb. 2023
• The budget, along with dozens of amendments, passed in a 6-1 vote.
  — Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
• More than a dozen of Tran’s family and friends watched from the gallery.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024
• There are more than a dozen ways to get in for free to the festival this year.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2023
• So what changed to get those more than a dozen holdouts on board?
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 22 May 2025
• Kevin Steele has coached at Kyle Field more than a half-dozen times, by his count.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
• The incumbent had served on the council for a dozen years.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 3 May 2023
• That track sold only a few dozen more copies than Jimin’s.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
• By contrast, John Muir hikes through a mere half-dozen pages of Yosemite.
  — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
• Check out over two dozen flicks, events and programs over 10 days.
  — Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
• Third-party groups paid for 26 trips over the years, and the city of Central Falls paid for a dozen or so.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
• There's the private ranch with horses and about a dozen homes scattered across Waimea and down by the beach.
  — Dara Kerr, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
• On the east side of Canyon Loop Trail, keep an eye out for the dozen 1950s cars that have been reclaimed by the wilderness.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 1 June 2021
• About a dozen civilians have also been killed in the fighting.
  — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
• The young core of players that helped make the Cubs so good a half dozen years ago is all grown up and ready to get paid.
  — Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
• Its wings are offered with a choice of nearly two dozen sauces.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2024
• That was just one of dozens of rail updates across the country that have started since the bill was passed.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 10 May 2024
• First, as of midnight on the 4th, the counts were extremely close, with Trump ahead by just a dozen EVs.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
• But Horne buried a three just before time expired to put the Buffaloes up a half-dozen at the break.
  — oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2021
• The game comes with 24 games, to be delivered over a dozen weeks like episodes of a TV series.
  — oregonlive, 29 July 2021
• In fact, Furid claims that its AirTag wallet can hold up to a dozen cards.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 29 Dec. 2022
• Kids were crammed into classrooms with up to two dozen desks, 2 to 3 feet apart.
  — Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 23 Nov. 2020
• The bulbs cost $3 per dozen and are limited to 10 dozen per person.
  — chicagotribune.com, 12 May 2021
• That area still has more than a dozen speed restrictions, the dashboard shows.
  — Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
• Wallace said at least a dozen cities around the world have reached out about bringing the format to their city.
  — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
• But with just two trade frameworks inked and dozens to go before the July 9 deadline, that timeframe appears increasingly unlikely — just as America’s economy might be taking a turn for the worse.
  — David Goldman, CNN Money, 28 June 2025
• The river also serves Mexico and more than two dozen Native American tribes, produces hydropower, and supplies water to farms that grow most of the nation’s winter vegetables.
  — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 28 June 2025