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'mile' in a sentence

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mile noun

: a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

: a large distance

: a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)

: a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile

: an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

: a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

: a footrace extending one mile


  • The average ocean depth is 2.3 miles.
  • Today I walked eight miles.
  • It's only three miles to the village.
  • The station is two miles away.
  • The bridge is approximately a mile long.
  • A man has walked 200 miles in protest of Brexit.
  • The train was going 500 miles per hour.
  • We have another ten miles to walk before sunset.
  • The post office is about three miles past the high school.
  • This submarine can dive more than a mile deep.
  • She walked twenty miles a day.
  • A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
  • This river is 500 miles in length.
  • Our bus broke down three miles from town.
  • The island is about two miles off the coast.
  • I walk twenty miles a day.
  • How many miles is it to the next gas station?
  • He is capable of running a mile in four minutes.
  • I had not gone a mile when it began to rain.
  • The road stays straight for the next 50 miles.
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