mile

Definition:
1. A unit of length equal to 1760 yards.
2. A unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters.
3. A large distance.
4. A former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet.

Use 'mile' in a sentence:

1. The garage is a mile ahead up the hill—just follow your nose.
2. The train operates the 2,400-mile round trip once a week.
3. I live just a mile away, so I can usually be available on short notice.
4. It's five miles to the next services.
5. Keep straight on for two miles.
6. The bus was delayed in a five-mile jam.
7. Then it was back in the truck for a 150-mile schlep up the coast to Malibu.
8. He trudged the last two miles to the town.
9. It was only a three-mile walk to Kabul from there.
10. I'm miles behind with my work.
11. The road went on for miles and miles.
12. I'm not walking ─ it's miles away.
13. Who was the first person to run a mile in under four minutes?
14. The road crosses the river half a mile outside the town.
15. After a mile, the slope steepened.
16. She's taller than you by a mile.
17. After a six-mile run, Jackie returns home for a substantial breakfast.
18. She thinks nothing of walking thirty miles a day.
19. She's already shaved four seconds off the national record for the mile.
20. Her house is half a mile down the road.
21. The station is on the right, one mile before downtown Romney.
22. The nearer of the two barges was perhaps a mile away.
23. We walked along the coast for five miles.
24. The villages are no more than a mile apart as the crow flies.
25. Children here walk several miles to school.
26. The car must have been doing at least 100 miles an hour.
27. The waves were being whipped by 50 mile an hour winds.
28. Her body was found dumped in a derelict warehouse less than a mile from her home.
29. The inhabitants have to walk a mile to fetch water.
30. The traffic was stationary due to three sets of roadwork in less than a mile.
31. It's two miles to the beach.
32. We paddled downstream for about a mile.
33. Several red and white barriers marked the road at intervals of about a mile.
34. Walking four miles in an hour is pretty good going for me.
35. In the US, distance is measured in miles.
36. The nearest bank is about half a mile down the road.
37. I travel 40 miles to work every day.
38. He ran the mile in less than four minutes.
39. It's less than a mile to the beach.
40. She lives just half a mile away.
41. They followed the line of the river for three miles.
42. The river is 300 miles in length.
43. There's a bridge a mile down the river from here.
44. We had to stop every few miles.
45. The beach is a mile away.
46. We've come 50 miles this morning.
47. It's 30 miles round trip to work.
48. The shock of the explosion could be felt up to six miles away.
49. The lane follows the edge of a wood for about a mile.
50. I'm feeling miles better today, thanks.
51. The plane hit the ocean several miles offshore.
52. I swim a mile a day.
53. We did about 30 miles a day on our cycling trip.
54. Oil has come ashore on a ten mile stretch to the east of Anchorage.
55. The ship lay at anchor two miles off the rocky coast.
56. Miles of sand are exposed at low tide.
57. The village lies five miles due north of York.
58. Drivers in London can expect to average about 12 miles per hour.