The first half-mile the little animal took his course over.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clotelle; or, the Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; or, the President's Daughter] Reference

The area is about a half-mile south of Reagan National Airport.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Gridlock's Metro, driving tips for the week ahead] Reference

But I wish you hadn't had to take part in that half-mile sprint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School] Reference

When within about a half-mile the four raise their guns at once.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference

The cemetery of St. Bridget's was some half-mile distant from the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference

Brimstone Point could just be seen, a half-mile to the northeast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference

A half-mile farther out Jim and Throppy were busy at their trawls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference

Percy scanned the steep, desolate cliffs a half-mile to the north.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference

When they had tramped a half-mile or more in silence which seemed to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference

'We must get a good half-mile ahead of them before we rejoin the track.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference

A half-mile to the north of the fort, a little ridge runs across the peninsula.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference

Runaway truck lanes threaten every half-mile; you ram it into third to slow down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Assumption] Reference

During a normal monsoon season the Indus River is typically about a half-mile wide.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flooding Continues in Pakistan] Reference

After dinner they directed me across a pasture-field that would shorten the half-mile.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference

The half-mile was traversed quickly, Stump groaning dreadfully as he was forced along.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean] Reference

The track is located about a half-mile past the terminus of the Long Island Expressway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Disappearing Tracks] Reference

Pursuant to these instructions, I went forward about a half-mile and found the 71st N. Y.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference

Adams says Tolden abandoned the black-and-white about a half-mile away and jumped a wall.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parolee Joyrides In Unattended Squad Car, Does Not Get Far] Reference

It's only a half-mile northwest of the island, and sometimes you can get a big catch there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference

All the way up the half-mile precipice it fingered and wrenched away at groaning ice-slabs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Accidental Death] Reference

And reaching them a half-mile down with a big enough hole for rescue is a problematic task.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chilean Mine Rescuers Face Daunting Challenge] Reference

"I see it, -- yes, -- Captain, what is that, a half-mile off to the left?" interrupted Ralph.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet] Reference

On all sides loomed a horizon of gray mist, not a half-mile distant and steadily drawing nearer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference

Fresh water was not to be had except at a place a half-mile from our camp, where there was a seepage spring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method] Reference

Camp 44, half-mile south of the Pecos, Aug. 17, 1846, altitude six thousand three hundred and forty-six feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I] Reference

She needed a half-mile of running to warm her to her work, and now the black came back to her with every leap.    From Wordnik.com.  [Riders of the Silences] Reference

Just outside the half-mile long village of Ronssoy he pointed to a clump of broken bricks and shattered beams.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference

They were a half-mile or more in our front and numbered about thirty individuals, armed with bows and arrows only.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference

This is at the rate of sixteen rods an hour, which would give just 160 rods, or a half-mile, in a day of ten hours.    From Wordnik.com.  [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference

Just beyond the half-mile point Turner's black passed Ketcham's sorrel, and LeMonde's bay was neck and neck with the black.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kentucky Ranger] Reference

In fact, the wolverines wrought havoc along a half-mile section of bank before the Terran could coax them back to the raft.    From Wordnik.com.  [Storm Over Warlock] Reference

For the first half-mile from our starting-point, it wound between smooth grassy banks, adorned with scattered clumps of trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Island Home] Reference