But the two competitive places are only 151 miles apart; whence it follows that the shortest possible all-rail line from New York to Nashville, swings around to the south by way of Chattanooga.
This case, therefore, represents a superfluous lateral haul of nearly a thousand miles between two points 2,500 miles apart.
Practice is far from uniform as to the distance between lightning arresters on transmission lines, the distances varying from less than one to a large number of miles apart.
This system draws a large part of its energy from two electric plants on the Farmington River, at points that are about 3 miles apart in the towns of Windsor and East Granby, respectively.
This is illustrated by the Spier and Mechanicsville Falls on the Hudson River, which are 25 miles apart in a direct line and at a greater distance by the course of the stream.
They were not quite 30 miles apart as they sped with increasing, headlong speed and rushed toward the edge of the world's disk.
The great steel hull and the small spaceship were 20 miles apart.
Where the base gathers beyond the river is a distance from the slopes of Ararat of about 35 miles; the two summits are nearly 60 miles apart.
It is consequently parallel or nearly parallel to the Mont Cenis Road, between Lanslebourg and Susa; although, as just stated, they are about 15 miles apart.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "miles apart" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
