mile

Example Sentences

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Now, for the first time, Williams has travelled thousands of miles to meet Orme face-to-face.

From BBC

In fact, it took two days for Hans to travel about 400 miles from Newcastle to the ferry port at Scrabster in the far north of Scotland which connects Orkney to the mainland.

From BBC

The couple settled in Montecito, a coastal haven 90 miles northwest of Los Angeles near Santa Barbara.

From The Wall Street Journal

The trail is two and a half miles, so when we add on the half-mile jog from our house to campus, it’s an even three, and then we walk home to cool down.

From Literature

The Green Bay Packers were formed a year later, and the two institutions, about five miles apart, grew up side by side as cornerstones of the community.

From Salon