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Miles in a sentence

Related words

Miles | Mile | Milestone | Milestones | Milesians | Milesian | Milesplit

Miles meaning

  1. plural of mile
  2. A great distance in space or time.

Using Miles

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of mile | A great distance in space or time.
  • In the example corpus, miles often appears in combinations such as: miles from, and miles, miles of.

Context around Miles

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 13 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

drive 2× 100 2× nautical 2× six 1× seven 1× storyline 1× though 1× five 1× 954 1× evans 1×

Often after:

east 5× per 3× west 2× away 1× southwest 1× northwest 1× north 1× views 1× 100 1× round 1×

Sentence patterns with Miles

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

0 1 miles away from 1× 0 2 miles from barrow 1× 0 3 miles from greengate 1× 1 2 miles from roose 1× 1 954 miles excluding the 1× 1990 that miles reconsider playing 1× 200 nautical miles from the 1× 6 7 miles northwest of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as an example 1× based in and 1× by observing an 1× costco has a 1× david morgan 65 1× davis is a 1×

Common sentence endings:

80 kilometers long 1× a city memo 1× about 5 miles 1× additional 42 miles 1× and mostly flattened 1× from roose station 1×

Words around Miles

Just before it in the word index:

milers 5 miler 16 mileposts 6 milepost 27 milenkovic 10 milenko 2

Just after it in the word index:

milesian 2 milesians 9 milesplit 2 milestone 1.414 milestones 359 miletic 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

expressed 8.296 hotel 8.284 cancer 8.279 identified 8.277 ii 8.269 finished 8.263

Corpus analysis for Miles

  • In this selection, "miles" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, drive, 100, nautical, east, per and west stand out and add context to how "miles" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 0 1 miles away from, 0 2 miles from barrow, miles per, miles north and square miles. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "miles" sits close to words such as expressed, hotel and cancer, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with miles

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Entire cornfields for miles and miles and miles were left ragged and mostly flattened. (14 words)

As an example, using 10 gallons and driving 300 miles, indicated the vehicle traveled 30 miles per gallon. (18 words)

Davis is a small city about 70 miles northeast of San Francisco and 15 miles west of Sacramento. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

For this study, the researchers looked specifically at the data for pregnant New Jersey women whose commute was at least 50 miles (100 miles round-trip — the U.S. Census Bureau’s definition of a long-distance commute), but no greater than 100 miles. (44 words)

According to a listing, it boasts brilliant connections to local amenities, being placed 0.1 miles away from Ramsden Infant School, 0.2 miles from Barrow Station, 0.3 miles from Greengate Junior School and 1.2 miles from Roose station. (41 words)

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at about 1:53 p.m., and was centered about 19 miles east-southeast of East Oahu and 14 miles west-northwest of Maunaloa, Molokai, at a depth of about 5 miles. (41 words)

Question examples

So, I asked myself the question: What lures people to drive miles and miles to take a photo of a big fish, maybe grab some dinner and then drive miles and miles back home? (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

According to a listing, it boasts brilliant connections to local amenities, being placed 0.1 miles away from Ramsden Infant School, 0.2 miles from Barrow Station, 0.3 miles from Greengate Junior School and 1.2 miles from Roose station.

It it six miles southwest of Hemel Hempstead, seven miles east of Chesham, 6.7 miles northwest of Watford, and 7.5 miles north of Rickmansworth.

So, I asked myself the question: What lures people to drive miles and miles to take a photo of a big fish, maybe grab some dinner and then drive miles and miles back home?

Ever since the storyline, Miles and Gwen have stayed in the friend zone, even though Miles views Gwen as his "future something," although he could have merely been referencing the Miles and Gwen of Earth-8.

The other is from Carrbridge to Slochd, where the diversion is via Grantown and Forres, 62 miles rather than 20 miles by the A9, an additional 42 miles.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at about 1:53 p.m., and was centered about 19 miles east-southeast of East Oahu and 14 miles west-northwest of Maunaloa, Molokai, at a depth of about 5 miles.

Costco has a facility to the north located in Timnath (32 miles from downtown Longmont), one to the southeast located in Thornton (19 miles); and one to the southwest located in Superior (18 miles),” according to a city memo.

Entire cornfields for miles and miles and miles were left ragged and mostly flattened.

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For this study, the researchers looked specifically at the data for pregnant New Jersey women whose commute was at least 50 miles (100 miles round-trip — the U.S. Census Bureau’s definition of a long-distance commute), but no greater than 100 miles.

It was five miles east of Big Bear Lake. it was 27 miles east of San Bernardino and 34 miles east of Moreno Valley.

Moore is also supported by an exceptionally talented voice cast, including Henry as Miles' tough, but loving father and Ali as Miles' uncle Aaron - a character comic fans will know is key to Miles' origin story.

State waters run several miles out from the coast (anywhere from three to nine nautical miles, depending), and federal waters extend roughly 200 nautical miles from the end of state waters.

The boundary between the U.S. and Mexico extends 1,954 miles, excluding the 18 miles in the Pacific Ocean and 12 miles in the Gulf of Mexico.

There are now 59 miles of bike lanes, 2 miles of protected bike lanes, and 40 miles of bike routes across Oahu.

Quoted in Miles Davis and Bill Evans: Miles and Bill in Black & White, September 2001, Ashley Kahn, JazzTimes When Shirley Horn insisted in 1990 that Miles reconsider playing the ballads and modal tunes of his Kind of Blue period, he demurred.

As an example, using 10 gallons and driving 300 miles, indicated the vehicle traveled 30 miles per gallon.

Based in and around Ullswater, the team challenge involves 30 miles of cycling, canoeing two miles around the lake and an 11km hike up stunning Helvellyn.

By observing an eclipse of a much dimmer star by Leona in September, a Spanish-led team recently estimated the asteroid to be about 34 miles wide and 50 miles long (55 kilometers wide and 80 kilometers long).

David Morgan, 65, of Church Lane, Morley, Ilkeston: Guilty of driving at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour – namely 66 miles per hour.

Davis is a small city about 70 miles northeast of San Francisco and 15 miles west of Sacramento.

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Common combinations with miles

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "miles" in a sentence?
An example: "According to a listing, it boasts brilliant connections to local amenities, being placed 0.1 miles away from Ramsden Infant School, 0.2 miles from Barrow Station, 0.3 miles from Greengate Junior School and 1.2 miles from Roose station." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "miles" from authentic English texts.
What does "miles" mean?
Miles means: plural of mile
How many example sentences with "miles" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "miles", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.