6 sentences with 'dozen'
Example sentences and phrases with the word dozen and other words derived from it.
• « Several dozen meters downstream there were two high-tension cables stretched over the river, and about 30 meters ahead was the Denton Bridge. »
• « Hannibal crossed the Alps into Italy from Spain with 60,000 men and a few dozen war elephants (most of the elephants perished, but the survivors proved very effective, and terrifying, against Roman forces). »
• « In the late 15th century, Central American natives consumed between 80 and 100 hallucinogenic plants, while European witches used a dozen for their concoctions. »
• « The isotopes found in nature are mostly stable, but a few dozen are radioactive or radioisotopes, i.e. they spontaneously disintegrate with the emission of alpha, beta and gamma radiation. »
• « Although that first discharge is the strongest, the skunk is capable of throwing half a dozen sparks before interrupting the fray, to accumulate more ammunition in its glands. »