How to Use apiece in a Sentence

apiece

adverb
  • His shoes weigh four pounds apiece.
  • The six-piece set is marked down to $40, which comes out to $7 apiece.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 10 June 2023
  • The queen size sheets are on sale for less than $4 apiece.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
  • The sage green rugs are on sale for $12, which comes out to $6 apiece.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum had 31 points apiece to lead the Celtics.
    Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Just $55 apiece, the units use GPS and cell signals to keep tabs on the load.
    Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Make sure to scoop up the set while each piece is just over $18 apiece.
    Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2023
  • With the Labor Day deal, the set comes out to under $3 apiece.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The Beavers and Cougars will play six Mountain West teams apiece.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024
  • While the sale lasts, each pair is a little more than $5 apiece.
    Carly Totten, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Plus, while the pathway lights are on sale, each one is less than $3 apiece.
    Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2023
  • The least common dates are March 22 and 24, with nine instances apiece.
    Carlie Procell, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
  • France and Jamaica are tied atop Group F with 4 points apiece.
    Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • South Africa and Argentina round out the group with one point apiece.
    Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • When Ostapenko evened things up at a set apiece, Swiatek seemed to be out of her comfort zone.
    Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2023
  • With a coupon in the product description, the set is marked down to $31, which comes out to just over $15 apiece.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
  • Non-Prime members can get their two books for $2 apiece.
    Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 9 July 2023
  • The lone half of play saw each side deliver one shot on goal apiece.
    Mitchell Forde, oregonlive, 5 July 2023
  • Packets of the sauce are now available for $20 apiece online.
    Glenn Gamboa, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The first nine races are broken up into three rounds with three races apiece.
    Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Over the first six weeks of the season, the league will be divided into six pools of five teams apiece.
    Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 May 2023
  • Snap in a can of butane — barely $2 apiece, enough to cover a three-day camping trip — and turn the nob to start.
    Scott Canon, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • With the deal, the organizers are going for just $3 apiece.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Early in the second period, Rapid City evened the score at one apiece.
    Zach Welch, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2024
  • With the double discounts, the fabric storage bags are just $3.61 apiece.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
  • After an initial surge, the stock has fallen back to trade at $54 apiece, close to its $51 issue price.
    Anna Cooban, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Peter Miller and Bob Baffert tied for second with eight wins apiece.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The rarest of all, often bottled in collectable glass, sell for hundreds of dollars apiece.
    Martha Irvine and Dar Yasin, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Each dumpling has to follow an exact standard: 18 folds, 21 grams apiece.
    Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • These juicy cubes offer a distinct high for the day and are packaged in containers that hold 30 sweets apiece.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2023

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