Examples of 'mile' in a sentence
Meaning of "mile"
Mile (noun) is a unit of measurement in the imperial system, equivalent to 5,280 feet or approximately 1.609 kilometers
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- The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
- Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.
- Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.
- The Scandinavian mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 10 kilometers defined in 1889.
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Less than a mile from her home.
Mile the way you would have to go.
You are only a mile down the road.
The mile run is in its second lap.
We are more than a mile out on the main.
Half mile from where we found her.
I swam to an island a mile offshore for these.
A five mile security perimeter has been established.
Leonard is trying to walk a mile in my metaphorical shoes.
One section is equal to one square mile.
We are nearly a mile away on the east pier.
You can smell him a mile off.
And there was mile after mile of them.
You could smell them a mile away.
More than a mile to the next stop.
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There is going to be a road block a half a mile or so ahead.
About two mile as the crow flies.
There is a drugstore about a mile up the road.
Another mile and we can double back.
We had scanners every mile to keep track.
Another mile or two and we will be okay.
Up there we are almost a mile and a half offshore.
Every mile another new zip code.
Right up here about a mile and a half.
Half a mile of mud killed the team.
I have been going the extra mile to cheer him up.
About a mile from the crime scene.
She can smell a ruse a mile away.
About half a mile through those woods.
I could see that coming a mile off.
I got lost a mile from my own house.
I saw that crap from a mile away.
We went about a mile beyond where he dropped off.
We could spot a plesiosaur from a mile away.
Cyclops is half a mile from the epicentre.
She would see me coming a mile away.
I live just a mile down the road.
There is been a shooting in a house about a mile away.
I am at the motel a mile south of the base.
Should be around this bend about a mile or so.
We are about a mile and a half up the road.
They can smell lies a mile off.
At every quarter mile there is a photoelectric cell.
I can smell you guys a mile away.
About half a mile away from here.
You do not have to see it a mile away.
I found this a mile down the road.
You are always willing to go the extra mile.
The first half mile was barely manageable.
There is a stop sign half a mile ahead.
