Miles

[ mahylz ]

noun

1. Nelson Appleton, 1839–1925, U.S. army officer.
2. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “merciful.”

Miles

/ maɪlz /

noun

1. MilesBernard, Baron Miles of Blackfriars19071991MBritishTHEATRE: actorTHEATRE: theatre manager Bernard, Baron Miles of Blackfriars. 1907–91, British actor and theatre manager. He founded the Mermaid Theatre in London, and was known as a character actor

Example Sentences

The same year his showman's instincts saw him swim two miles down the River Thames to highlight opposition to Margaret Thatcher's government policy of dumping nuclear waste at sea.

From BBC

“It’s bombing out hundreds of miles west of the shoreline.”

From Los Angeles Times

In 2020, he drove his Honda Civic 2,000 miles east, sleeping in rest stops and “playing random bars in the middle of the pandemic,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

The porousness of the border is apparent about 20 miles down the road, at the Kapitan Andreevo crossing, uniting Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey - the busiest such border in Europe.

From BBC

The private service at a church in Amersham, England, about 25 miles northwest of London, was attended by Mr. Payne’s former bandmates in One Direction, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik.

From New York Times

Related Words

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