How to Use mileage in a Sentence

mileage

noun
  • The movie gets a lot of mileage out of an old story.
  • The company has gotten a lot of mileage out of a simple idea.
  • My new car gets much better mileage than my old one did.
  • The state is billed for the mileage along the way, NBC 5 reports.
    Ariana Garcia, Chron, 16 June 2022
  • And plan on a full day for this hike, despite the mileage.
    Andrea Reeves, The Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Hey, put an hour and mileage in on a timesheet and submit it tonight.
    Jeremy Miller, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
  • In any case, the new cloth is getting a lot of mileage on Twitter.
    Kylie Logan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2021
  • As 2023 rolls to a close, don’t let your mileage and points balances wane.
    Ramsey Qubein, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Dec. 2023
  • If so, that could lead to better gas mileage and a longer tire life.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The amount of land torched so far this year is more than the square mileage of Connecticut.
    Holly Yan, CNN, 31 July 2024
  • As for how many of those jokes matter, your mileage may vary.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Even with the vehicle’s age and mileage, a man from Ohio forked over $6,500 for it.
    chicagotribune.com, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Even with the vehicle's age and mileage, a man from Ohio forked over $6,500 for it.
    CBS News, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Other trims in the lineup will offer you mileage in the very low 20s.
    Josh Max, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The San Diego backlash over a mileage tax may be just the beginning.
    IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2023
  • This third loop is where the mileage really starts to break the players down.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 May 2023
  • Four decades later, there have been a lot more years, and a lot of mileage, on 80-year-old Ford.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Again, mileage varies, and maybe the friends in your circle are still popping off in the News Feed like it’s 2008.
    Brian Barrett, Wired, 22 Oct. 2021
  • There is no mileage fee added for travel less than 60 miles.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 15 Feb. 2023
  • At that mileage, an EV would use about 394 kWh monthly.
    Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 19 May 2022
  • They have been reimbursed at a rate of 58.5 cents a mile for their mileage.
    Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2022
  • There are no last-minute deals on mileage tickets, though.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Oct. 2021
  • But to me, ‘runners’ were the 10K or cross-country people, the ones who were out there putting in the mileage.
    Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 5 Apr. 2022
  • There’s plenty of mileage left to cover as the Bruins hit the midpoint of Pac-12 play.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • For under $400, those in need of a no-frills system will get a lot of mileage out of this one.
    Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The difficult part is to balance that with price and mileage.
    Sari Hitchins, Parents, 31 Oct. 2024
  • But with 39 years on his bones and 21 seasons worth of mileage on his legs, James has had to pick his spots.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Your mileage depends on knowing the kitchen’s strengths.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
  • But not so strenuous that most people couldn’t do it, building up their mileage.
    Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025
  • No word on when 50-series performance will be added to the service, though, and game streaming is still very much a ‘your mileage may vary’ sort of situation.
    Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'mileage.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: