Below you will find example sentences with "square miles". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Square Miles in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: square
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 29
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.8 words

Words in this phrase

square miles

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • square can mean: A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral. Frequent word
  • miles can mean: plural of mile Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 1 start, 15 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

1 505 square miles 3 898 1× 3 8 square miles 9 8 1× 300 000 square miles but just 1× 34 000 square miles of territory 1× 44 8 square miles 1× 65 26 square miles and modesto 1× 7 5 square miles 19 square 1× about 4 square miles of new 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an evidence based 1× county fire officials 1× dry hot winds 1× flames have charred 1× greater johannesburg consists 1× in a matter 1×

Common sentence endings:

110 square miles 1× 19 square kilometers 1× 20 square miles 1× 370 square kilometers 1× 520 square kilometres 1× 8 square miles 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

kilometers 12× fire 6× dry 4× brush 4× area 3× nearly 3× officials 3× burned 3× 000 2× city 2× region 2× kilometres 2×

Related phrases

miles per madison square per square square feet square kilometers square root miles square square foot magic square square meters

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around square:

per square 20× square kilometers 19× miles square 15× square meters 13×

Just before it in the phrase index:

square meters square kilometers square foot square feet squad members sql server

Just after it in the phrase index:

square root sri lanka sri lankan stab wound stable condition stable isotopes

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

square feet square kilometers square root square foot square meters

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "square miles" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 1 505 square miles 3 898, 3 8 square miles 9 8, kilometers, fire and dry stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with miles per, madison square, per square, per square, square kilometers and miles square, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with square miles

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

The search area covers about 530 square miles (1,370 square kilometers). (12 words)

Flames have charred 3.8 square miles (9.8 square kilometers) of dry brush. (14 words)

In a matter of hours, it grew to 7.5 square miles (19 square kilometers). (15 words)

Longer example sentences

The top commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, Gen. Joseph Votel, told a Senate committee on Tuesday that of the 34,000 square miles of territory that the Islamic State group once held, it now controls less than 20 square miles. (44 words)

Maxar said the images of more than 2,500 square km (965 square miles) between Nova Kakhovka and the Dniprovska Gulf southwest of Kherson city on the Black Sea, showed numerous towns and villages flooded. (35 words)

PT Indonesia Weda Bay officials declined to be interviewed by the AP but the company said in statement it has planted more than 10 square kilometers (about 4 square miles) of new trees. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

The term may refer to areas as small as a few square meters or square feet (for example a garden bed) or as large as many square kilometers or square miles.

This would make the fire larger than the cities of Stockton (at 65.26 square miles) and Modesto (44.8 square miles).

The top commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, Gen. Joseph Votel, told a Senate committee on Tuesday that of the 34,000 square miles of territory that the Islamic State group once held, it now controls less than 20 square miles.

Sayre added that he was also concerned about plans to cut the municipality down to 38 square miles when the area of the district is 110 square miles.

The UK's coastal waters cover 300,000 square miles, but just three square miles are fully protected.

An evidence-based process found that nearly 50% of violent crimes in Sacramento occur within 7 square miles of the 100-square-mile city.

Maxar said the images of more than 2,500 square km (965 square miles) between Nova Kakhovka and the Dniprovska Gulf southwest of Kherson city on the Black Sea, showed numerous towns and villages flooded.

The region's governor said some 600 square kilometres, or 230 square miles, were under water.

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County fire officials estimated that more than 4 square miles (10 square kilometers) of trees and dry brush had burned and structures were threatened.

PT Indonesia Weda Bay officials declined to be interviewed by the AP but the company said in statement it has planted more than 10 square kilometers (about 4 square miles) of new trees.

The was active for more than three months and grew to 1,505 square miles (3,898 square kilometers).

Greater Johannesburg consists of more than five hundred suburbs in an area covering more than two hundred square miles (520 square kilometres).

The fast-growing blaze burned more than 2 square miles (5 square kilometers) of dry brush and timber near the town of Winters, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

The fire had burned nearly 14 square miles (36 square kilometers) by Sunday morning, but more humid weather was expected to help fire crews.

Flames have charred 3.8 square miles (9.8 square kilometers) of dry brush.

The search area covers about 530 square miles (1,370 square kilometers).

Dry, hot winds fueled both blazes, which have collectively charred more than 358 square miles (927 square kilometers) of brush and timber.

In a matter of hours, it grew to 7.5 square miles (19 square kilometers).

In the north, new evacuations were ordered for communities in the wilderness recreation region near Whiskeytown Lake as that wildfire tripled in size to more than 31 square miles (80 square kilometers).

Officials said a fire in drought-stricken Carson National Forest has scorched nearly 4 square miles (10 square kilometers) since June 24 and is only partially contained.

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