How to Use half a dozen in a Sentence

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  • That's been the case for at least half a dozen years, and users stuck around.
    — WIRED, 5 Jan. 2023
  • More than a decade ago, there were about half a dozen zoos in the Gaza Strip.
    — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 15 June 2024
  • This served as the base for half a dozen sautéed and grilled vegetables.
    — Ethel G. Hofman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2023
  • More tellingly still, on the block in front of me are half a dozen dead pheasants.
    — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Firefighters from half a dozen cities were dispatched to the area to help.
    — Patricia Oleas and Cesar Olmos, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The group has reached the No. 1 spot on both tallies with half a dozen releases.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • She’s followed closely by Justin Bieber, who has sent half a dozen tracks to the summit.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • With half a dozen new restaurants opening over the next few months, there are plenty of new places to try.
    — Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
  • The holder is easy to install and holds half a dozen different items.
    — Christopher Murray, Fox News, 11 May 2024
  • In 2014, a fire at the same location destroyed three buildings and at least half a dozen semis.
    — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023
  • On a high shelf, Angela once found half a dozen egg cups, each one painted with a baby chick.
    — Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • His home studio overlooks half a dozen speedboats idled at a dock.
    — Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Kathie identified him as her attacker out of a group of about half a dozen men.
    — Marisa Kwiatkowski, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
  • The home spans about 4,700 square feet and is spread over more than half a dozen levels, with a total of five bedrooms and three bathrooms.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The all-inclusive properties are home to more than a dozen restaurants, half a dozen bars, and a mile-long stretch of sand.
    — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2024
  • In the space of three months, half a dozen of Europe’s major clubs appointed new managers.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Missouri is one of 27 states where the death penalty remains in place, even after half a dozen states have ended it in the past 12 years.
    — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
  • At the time, their son was 7 and already carrying half a dozen thick textbooks in his backpack.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
  • And in the case of TV writers, those gigs have shrunk in duration as shows have gone from more than 20 episodes per season to as few as half a dozen.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • More than half a dozen police officers stormed in to search their apartment.
    — Nectar Gan, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • More than half a dozen Raleigh, North Carolina, police cars were visible at the scene when the drop-off was made.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • By 2019 the fest had grown into a major happening that sprawled across half a dozen venues plus a stage in Cathedral Square.
    — Lawrence Specker | , al, 27 Mar. 2023
  • As the crowd filtered out, still buzzing, Brad Lea and half a dozen other speakers mobbed Itzler backstage.
    — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Roman, a native Washingtonian, has been pushed out of more than half a dozen sites in the past year.
    — Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
  • More than half a dozen Eastern European and Balkan countries have been waiting in line for years.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2023
  • In the first weeks of school in the fall, central Indiana County saw more than half a dozen instances of students bringing weapons to school.
    — Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Others pile on, and soon half a dozen people are punching, kicking and stabbing.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
  • On Monday, Sarver stopped by a roadside Trump merchandise store and bought half a dozen T-shirts.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
  • The Statesman attempted to contact the private medical provider through email and phone calls at least half a dozen times for several different stories in the past year.
    — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 12 July 2024
  • Gwyneth Paltrow doesn't really get the Marvel Cinematic Universe, despite appearing in more than half a dozen of the near-three dozen films.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 28 July 2024

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