Examples of half dozen in a Sentence
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At least a half dozen law enforcement agents were seen in the Heuermann driveway, some wearing rubber gloves, while others carried white cardboard document boxes into the home.
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 20 May 2024
In the video, around a half dozen of the animals can be seen breaching just feet from the boat and loudly spouting mist from their blowholes.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
One of her musicians who came out of the tent to get some air spotted a half dozen Klansmen in white robes trying to pull out the tent’s stakes.
—Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2024
There are more than a dozen handhelds, from shawarma to tacos to a club sandwich; a half dozen burger options, from classic beef to salmon; and more than a half a dozen salads.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
On May 1, a half dozen U.S. Senators from both major parties read aloud Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail, a yearly ritual celebrating the power of dissent in U.S. history.
—TIME, 9 May 2024
The trend could have something to do with the ongoing revival of the LP, a physical format that generally can’t hold more than a half dozen or more songs per side; last year, 43 million LPs were sold, up 14 percent from the year before.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
Playing Benjamin Franklin is Douglas’s first attempt at a full-on period-costume drama — in this case a production involving 78 principal actors and 5,000 extras, location shoots at Versailles and more than a half dozen chateaus — and a whole lot of French.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
But a half dozen top Amazon sellers told Fortune last week that the new fees are overly complex and expensive, and may force them to cede more control of their supply chain to the tech giant or raise prices for consumers buying their goods on Amazon.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 20 May 2024
In the video, around a half dozen of the animals can be seen breaching just feet from the boat and loudly spouting mist from their blowholes.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
One of her musicians who came out of the tent to get some air spotted a half dozen Klansmen in white robes trying to pull out the tent’s stakes.
—Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2024
There are more than a dozen handhelds, from shawarma to tacos to a club sandwich; a half dozen burger options, from classic beef to salmon; and more than a half a dozen salads.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
On May 1, a half dozen U.S. Senators from both major parties read aloud Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail, a yearly ritual celebrating the power of dissent in U.S. history.
—TIME, 9 May 2024
The trend could have something to do with the ongoing revival of the LP, a physical format that generally can’t hold more than a half dozen or more songs per side; last year, 43 million LPs were sold, up 14 percent from the year before.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
Playing Benjamin Franklin is Douglas’s first attempt at a full-on period-costume drama — in this case a production involving 78 principal actors and 5,000 extras, location shoots at Versailles and more than a half dozen chateaus — and a whole lot of French.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
But a half dozen top Amazon sellers told Fortune last week that the new fees are overly complex and expensive, and may force them to cede more control of their supply chain to the tech giant or raise prices for consumers buying their goods on Amazon.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
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“Half dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20dozen. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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