DOZEN in a Sentence
Learn DOZEN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
291 example sentences for DOZEN, such as:
1. Eggs are sold by the dozen.
2. He bought a dozen of chopsticks.
3. Books like this are a dime a dozen.
4. One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls.
5. It six of one and half a dozen of the other.
2. He bought a dozen of chopsticks.
3. Books like this are a dime a dozen.
4. One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls.
5. It six of one and half a dozen of the other.
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Meanings and Examples of DOZEN
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dozen
n. the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
a. denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units
Classic Sentence: (197 in 14 pages)
1 Mr. Wilkes always had at least a dozen darkies busy running back and forth with trays to serve the guests.
2 There were cries of greeting from a dozen voices and Stuart and Brent Tarleton moved toward her.
3 And then it's generally to some desperate old widower with a large plantation and a dozen children.
4 And she had embroidered half a dozen sofa-pillow cases with the Confederate flag on them.
5 In a while he was back, with half a dozen in his hands.
6 Melanie telegraphed Colonel Sloan a dozen times and finally a letter arrived, full of sympathy, explaining that Ashley and a squad had ridden out on a scouting expedition and had not returned.
7 A glare brighter than a dozen suns dazzled their eyes, scorching heat seared their skins and the roaring, cracking and crashing beat upon their ears in painful waves.
8 There had been the problem of trying to win Ashley's love and trying to keep a dozen other beaux dangling and unhappy.
9 And if they want to come down on you for extra taxes a dozen times, they can do it.
10 The dozen young ladies with whom the house was furnished were comely, if brightly painted, and comported themselves more quietly than those of other houses.
11 It was the same with the dozen others she approached.
12 Usually there were a dozen children present, nodding sleepily in their parents' arms, up hours after their normal bedtime.
13 Whenever two former Confederates met anywhere, there was never but one topic of conversation, and where a dozen or more gathered together, it was a foregone conclusion that the war would be spiritedly refought.
14 Since the Ku Klux lynching, the ladies had been practically immured, not even going to town to shop unless there were half a dozen in their group.
15 There are a dozen Yankee soldiers who can testify to that.
Example Sentence: (94 in 7 pages)
1 At least a dozen people attend on the bride of the wealthy prince.
2 A group of half a dozen men entered the pub and bore down on the bar.
3 Britain has a dozen warships in the area, with a total of five thousand military personnel altogether.
4 One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls.
5 He proposed half a dozen accords in such areas as culture, post and communications.
6 There was a big group of a dozen people at the table next to theirs.
7 The group leader supervises a dozen workers.
8 Eggs are sold by the dozen.
9 She reeled off the titles of a dozen or so of the novels.
10 Judy wrote a dozen applications for jobs but got nothing.
11 It six of one and half a dozen of the other.
12 Books like this are a dime a dozen.
13 A dozen were sent for,but only ten were received.
14 He bought a dozen of chopsticks.
15 You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs.