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Example sentences for "twelve dollars"

  • I might have cheated you out of twelve dollars just as easy as nothing.

  • The Indians are very numerous along this stream; they have a large number of horses; clothing is in much demand; for articles of clothing costing in the States ten or twelve dollars, a very good horse can be obtained.

  • I'm not hungry, and if I were I'd eat something besides quail at twelve dollars a dozen.

  • Mrs. Barton looked an inquiry, and Bert exclaimed: "Uncle Jacob has secured a clerkship in New York at twelve dollars a week.

  • Well, even at sixteen, a boy can hardly expect to earn as much as twelve dollars a week.

  • Bert knew nothing of room rents in New York; but, inexperienced as he was, he was surprised that his uncle, on a salary of twelve dollars a week, should be able to live so well.

  • As I understand, he brought home but five hundred dollars, but he is lucky enough to be employed in an office in New York at a salary of twelve dollars a week.

  • She said it was a good trade, an' she made ten an' twelve dollars a week while the season lasted an' never less than five.

  • It's generally piece-work, with five or six months when you can earn ten or twelve dollars even, an' the rest of the time five or six dollars.

  • Children from five or six years up can be taught to strip and thus add to the week's income, which is far less for the tenement-house manufacture than for regular factory work, the latter averaging from eight to twelve dollars a week.

  • The President then announced, that Judges had awarded the Medal, of the value of twelve dollars, to Messrs.

  • The other cloak-makers aver that they can make as much as twelve dollars a week, when they are employed, by taking their work home and sewing till midnight.

  • Rough pine boards fence off the roomy fire-places--where coal is bought by the pail at the rate of twelve dollars a ton these have no place.

  • His rent is twelve dollars a month; his wages for a hard week's work less than eight dollars.

  • Twelve dollars--twelve dollars a day for flowers?

  • You'll get no twelve dollars out of me," snapped the man.

  • You owe me twelve dollars, and as soon as you pay me I'll get out, and be glad to go!

  • You agreed to pay me twelve dollars a month, and board me.

  • A common wage for younger competent stenographers who have had some experience is twelve dollars.

  • At twelve dollars a week, working forty-two weeks in the year, the girl in a factory can earn five hundred and four dollars, out of which she has of course to pay all her expenses.

  • Girls in other paid employments, who pay board and lodging, washing, and carfare out of ten or twelve dollars a week, are practically unable to save anything.

  • A girl may receive, for instance, twelve dollars a month.

  • Twelve dollars a day--for those two rooms on the top of the moon?

  • Twelve dollars a week for board and lodging was not so bad.

  • Chargin' us twelve dollars a day for these two cubby-holes--a day!

  • I registered here last night, and another young feller was here said the two rooms would be twelve dollars.

  • Give me twelve dollars, Tom Swift, and I won't prosecute you.

  • All right, twelve dollars it shall be," responded the young inventor, passing over the money, and glad to be rid of the unpleasant character.

  • Draws pension at rate of twelve dollars a month.

  • Pensioned at the rate of twelve dollars a month for disabilities incurred in the service.

  • Is granted pension at rate of twelve dollars a month.

  • Is pensioned at twelve dollars a month for disabilities incurred in service.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "twelve dollars" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


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