How to Use mile in a Sentence

mile

noun
  • The beach stretched on for miles and miles.
  • We still have miles to go.
  • We were miles from home.
  • We traveled over miles of dirt road.
  • We passed mile after mile of beautiful scenery as we drove through the country.
  • The car was traveling at 70 miles per hour.
  • Her body was found in a lake less than a mile away.
    — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
  • So, one mile of a four-lane road would be four lane miles.
    — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2026
  • Range is claimed to be over 329 miles.
    — Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • The one-and-a-quarter mile dirt track?
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Drones hover miles above ground.
    — The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
  • That’s more than 460 miles from the crime scene.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Ropes were strung over the mouth of the hole, which was more than a mile deep.
    — Kimon De Greef, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
  • As for why these three are thousands of miles from their home range?
    — CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Do this once a month and aim to finish the full mile in an hour.
    — Michael Easter, Men's Health, 4 Mar. 2022
  • That’s the grand vision, of course, so many miles down the road.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There are miles to go in free agency yet, granted.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
  • She was discovered around five miles from the site of the crash.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Mileage is reimbursed roundtrip at a rate of forty cents a mile.
    — Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2022
  • She, and many others, walked for miles or got a shuttle.
    — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The trail is about a half-mile long with different paths to take.
    — courant.com, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Traffic lights loomed for miles, changing from red to green.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Sawe having to lead for more than 10 miles should have doomed him.
    — Alex Hutchinson, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Along with 18 miles of hiking trails, there are five miles of bike trails.
    — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • That's strong enough to keep large cargo trucks rolling for miles without a pit stop.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Mesquite is about a 15-mile drive east from Dallas.
    — Mike Stunson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Ritzville is about 60 miles southwest of Spokane.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 26 May 2026
  • For reference, a lane mile is one mile of a single lane of road.
    — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2026
  • Roughly 1,500 miles of the trail has yet to be built.
    — Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The moderate 5-mile hike is free.
    — Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026

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