Sentence examples for mile in width from inspiring English sources

The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 was almost a mile in width.

At Óbidos the Amazon's floodplain is scarcely a mile in width, but it opens out again downstream.

Dore Gold, an adviser to the prime minister, said the zones could be more than half a mile in width and include fences and mobile patrols.

For four miles in length, and nearly a half mile in width, the ground is strewn with … hats, caps, clothing, canteens, knapsacks, shells, and shot.

By one unofficial count, 68 houses of worship have taken root in this small community, which is a bit over a mile in width and in length and has a population of about 16,000.

He did not describe the buffer zones besides saying they may include "obstacles". Dore Gold, an adviser to the prime minister, said the zones could be more than half a mile in width and include fences and mobile patrols.

From 8 to 15 miles in width, it flows between Dundas Island (west) and the Tsimpsean Peninsula.

It is a narrow bay, ranging from one to six miles in width.

Between Wittenberg and Dessau the east-west valley floor narrows to five miles in width, and hilly land rises to the north (the Fläming Heath) and south.

The features create internal waves which can grow up to 100 metres in height and span hundreds of miles in width.

In this section, the river flows slowly through the lowest level of the plains and increases to about five miles in width.