dozenth

How to use dozenth in a sentence

• I have now at this instant wrought myself up, for the dozenth time, to a half-resolution.

  Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9) | Samuel Richardson

• She felt for the first time an impulse to box his lazy jaws as he yawned and turned over for the dozenth time without rising.

  The Foolish Virgin | Thomas Dixon

• And for the dozenth time he was rewarded only by seeing a flake no larger than his clenched fist fall out.

  The Raid on the Termites | Paul Ernst

• For the dozenth time he raised his ponderous spear and thrust the pointed end at the wall with all his strength.

  The Raid on the Termites | Paul Ernst

• And then, conscious of his own folly and levity, he pulled himself up, and went back for the dozenth time to the True Witness.

  Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir | May Agnes Fleming