How to Use miler in a Sentence

miler

noun
  • The half-marathon and 10-miler are sold out.
    — John Meyer, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
  • Twenty-three prep milers have gone sub-4 this decade.
    — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Old age is not a friend of this slower-than-syrup ancient miler.
    — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The world’s greatest miler used to be like the heavyweight champion.
    — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 June 2018
  • Some will be closing and reopening at different times for the half marathon and the four miler.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The tide goes out as runners head across the hard sand in Ocean City’s end-of-season five-miler.
    — Lauren McCutcheon, Philly.com, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Ramirez won the seat with 49 percent of the vote to Milers 45 percent.
    — Janelle Walker, Elgin Courier-News, 17 May 2017
  • The effort is comparable to that sustained by the world’s fastest milers.
    — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Day-of registration is $35 for the four-miler and $20 for the fun run.
    — Margarita Cambest, baltimoresun.com, 30 June 2017
  • Steve Danishek, a travel agent from Seattle and million-miler, is one of them.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2019
  • The Fourth of July four-miler and fun run are accepting runners through race day morning.
    — Margarita Cambest, baltimoresun.com, 30 June 2017
  • Twelve months ago, Cole Hocker was coming off the best year by a college miler in more than a half-century.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Rachel Slusher of Joppa finished in a first-place tie in the women’s 15 miler.
    — Bill Blewett, baltimoresun.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • As the runners came around the final turn, a nondescript miler named Fermin Cacho was in the lead.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2021
  • The Hardrock 100 is a high-altitude hundred- miler amid lightning storms and avalanches.
    — George Pendle, Esquire, 26 July 2017
  • Listen to this article Brooke Strauss was the fastest girls high school miler in America for a day.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Mickey dreams up a thing called the slingshot dragster—a quarter-miler with the driver seated behind the rear axle for better traction.
    — Mark Mahaney, Smithsonian, 10 July 2019
  • In the spring, the University of Washington track team produced eight sub-four-minute milers.
    — Amby Burfoot, New York Times, 22 July 2023
  • The lead author is Arturo Casado, a former Olympic miler from Spain.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Many million milers are business travelers whose companies pay for the majority of their trips.
    — Katherine Fan, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Jim Ryun, the first prep sub-four miler, set world records and earned an Olympic silver medal as a student-athlete in the late 1960s.
    — Johanna Gretschel, Outside Online, 3 July 2019
  • All told, more than two dozen travelers tagged along for his momentous journey; well over a dozen of them already held million-miler status with United.
    — Katherine Fan, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Brielle Whitworth, outstanding as a half-miler in her freshman season last spring, led the Edgewood girls to 15th place.
    — Bill Blewett, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2022
  • American Airlines also let a soon-to-be million miler who wanted to film a YouTube video briefly use one of its planes as a backdrop.
    — Katherine Fan, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Chasing million-miler status isn’t feasible for most travelers; while the rewards can be attractive, the cost and time commitment can be staggering.
    — Katherine Fan, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Five 15-year-olds did a 50-miler with three leaders while nine 12-year-olds, including Hey and his son, did a 35-mile loop with five leaders.
    — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But as people have returned to the skies with gusto in the aftermath of the pandemic, both airlines have improved their efforts to celebrate travelers who achieve million-miler status.
    — Katherine Fan, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Alaska million milers also get a customized luggage tag made from the fuselage of a vintage Alaska or Hawaiian Airlines aircraft.
    — Katherine Fan, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Find more car-free riding beyond the park on the Sunrise Trail, an 88-miler through forest and mountain from the Ellsworth area to Passamaquoddy Bay.
    — Zand B. Martin, Outside, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Jordan, 29, grew up in Sterling Heights and has always been a distance runner, but Amanda, 29, from Tecumseh, was a miler on the track team.
    — Bill Laitner, Brandon Folsom, Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 20 Oct. 2019

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