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
  • Out of the 22 weeks that the track has spent on the ranking, half a dozen have been spent at the summit.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • Within less than a mile, there were a half a dozen or more clubs.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024
  • This served as the base for half a dozen sautéed and grilled vegetables.
    — Ethel G. Hofman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The band earns half a dozen new wins thanks to this latest avalanche of bestsellers.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • The top 10 on the U.K. albums chart is flush with half a dozen new entrants, and the rockers come in last among all of them.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • On Monday, Tippmann had half a dozen high snaps to Rodgers.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 29 July 2024
  • The band has only pushed half a dozen tracks to the ranking, and half of them have risen into the highest tier.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Before that, the 26-year-old striker had heard his name chanted half a dozen times on the night.
    — Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
  • She’s followed closely by Justin Bieber, who has sent half a dozen tracks to the summit.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Swirling around her was a team of half a dozen people, who were preparing to record a new episode.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The school district now has more than half a dozen specialists on staff.
    — Graham P. Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • There are half a dozen dogs to choose from, including a couple with chili.
    — Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 16 July 2024
  • Everyone on his crew of about half a dozen was also born south of the border.
    — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • My 15-year-old son is a YOC member, and able to play half a dozen courses within 10 miles of our home.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2024
  • By the middle of the decade, however, a mudlark could search half a dozen times and find nothing.
    — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
  • That cut also starts on top of at least half a dozen other rankings.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • That’s half a dozen reasons to increase your oat intake right there.
    — Caroline Tien, SELF, 1 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Over the years, he’s worked on 30 collector cars and currently owns half a dozen.
    — David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Those years brought Habba from her firm of fewer than half a dozen attorneys to the White House.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Most creators are juggling half a dozen tools that were never designed to work together.
    — Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Children taken from northern Cauca end up in half a dozen different armed groups across the country.
    — Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2025

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