mileage

Example Sentences

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No host other than Conan O’Brien got more mileage out of his pale complexion, like when Colbert boasted of a vacation tan that took his skin tone “from porcelain to poached chicken breast.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Such is the nature of a movie like this, but every viewer’s mileage with the pedagogical writing will vary.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

Millions of people now own hybrid or electric cars, and gas vehicles get better mileage, too.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Previously, the mileage was 20,000 with an excess of 5p a mile.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

I have listened to accounts by such travelers in which every road number was remembered, every mileage recalled, and every little countryside discovered.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck