How to Use dozen in a Sentence

dozen

noun
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  • 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
  • About a dozen civilians have also been killed in the fighting.
    — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Its wings are offered with a choice of nearly two dozen sauces.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2024
  • That area still has more than a dozen speed restrictions, the dashboard shows.
    — Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
  • Overall, at least a dozen people have died from the infection across the U.S. so far in 2023.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
  • Residents said dozens more were buried in the wreckage.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The agents hurried to the store and saw a man walk out with more than a dozen AK-47 style rifles, load them into a car, and drive off.
    — Ieva Jusionyte, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Tailors sew dozens of them a day in the narrow alleys of buzzing markets.
    — Elian Peltier, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Thousands of viewers from dozens of countries near and far tune in each year.
    — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2023
  • About a dozen of us wear lightweight mixed martial arts gloves to protect our hands and wrists.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • More than a dozen people remain missing and are feared dead.
    — Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Then, the Hollywood strikes shelved, buried or delayed dozens of films.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The team interacted with dozens of whales over the course of four days in Antarctica.
    — Bill Weir, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The company has more than two dozen casino and gambling spots.
    — The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Daniels pleaded guilty more than a decade ago to robbing that same La Mesa bank in 2011 and was sentenced to nearly a dozen years in prison.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Drinking water is available at dozens of taps placed throughout the park.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 26 July 2023
  • The cookies are sold individually or in packs of two or six, or by the dozen.
    — Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The hit is felt by dozens of workers and companies who depended on SDC for work.
    — Cary Spivak, Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Three of the wounded were in critical condition, and more than a dozen were under 18.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
  • The result is nothing short of stunning — and if this exact style isn’t your cup of tea, the brand offers dozens of other prints.
    — Todd Plummer, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
  • More than a dozen states are within what’s known as the path of totality, a track more than 100 miles wide that stretches from Texas to Maine.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Air strikes also rain down on the camp, killing dozens of people within a hundred metres of our door.
    — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Sands has dozens of film and television credits over a five-decade career.
    — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 20 June 2023
  • That count includes a dozen young people who have been killed in the city this year so far, surpassing the total number for last year.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Every year, dozens of handsome volumes on art and design hit the market.
    — Ann Landi, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Then, on a recent search, an odd image appeared when Thoctarides conducted a sonar sweep in the Aegean Sea, dozens of miles from the Greek shore.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 20 June 2023
  • Enjoy the gyoza à la carte or in bento boxes, and with nearly a dozen dipping sauces such as cilantro chile, yuzu kosho and ponzu.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Of the dozen hookah lounges there, Sands of Persia offers an experience that stands out from other, more no-frills hookah spots.
    — Caroline Shin, Bon Appétit, 13 Oct. 2023
  • A couple dozen people could change the world if they were organized and committed.
    — Garret K. Woodward, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Following April’s flight demo, SpaceX made dozens of improvements to the booster and its 33 engines as well as the launch pad.
    — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2023

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