Log in or Sign up
mile-eating love

mile-eating

Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word mile-eating.

Examples

  • As morning passed into bright daylight, daylight into afternoon, noon into evening, she ran east, her gait the steady mile-eating jog of a wolf.

    Through Wolfs Eyes 2001

  • The big horse slowed his mile-eating trot to a fast walk, then slowed again as the silver bit on his tongue retained its slight pressure.

    The Covenant of the Forge Parkinson, Dan 1993

  • The big horse slowed his mile-eating trot to a fast walk, then slowed again as the silver bit on his tongue retained its slight pressure.

    The Covenant of the Forge Parkinson, Dan 1993

  • He settled down into the mile-eating, steady tread of the professional foot soldier, the sun on his back pushing him on.

    The Eternal Mercenary Sadler, Barry 1980

  • He hitched his sword belt up a little higher, took a deep breath and with the mile-eating stride of the foot soldier, squared his back and marched down the deserted streets.

    The Eternal Mercenary Sadler, Barry 1980

  • Involuntarily, his back straightened up, his stride lengthening into the mile-eating tread of the professional soldier.

    The Eternal Mercenary Sadler, Barry 1980

  • The mare cantered easily now, her sweat soaked neck drying, her gait smoothing out to a mile-eating lope.

    Decision at Doona McCaffrey, Anne 1969

  • Fraser fell into the mile-eating rhythm-push with a foot, relax while you curved over the surface, strike with the other foot, feeling the global mass push back at you, continue on momentum until that leg was in position to shove ....

    Three Worlds to Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964

  • Fraser fell into the mile-eating rhythm-push with a foot, relax while you curved over the surface, strike with the other foot, feeling the global mass push back at you, continue on momentum until that leg was in position to shove ....

    Three Worlds To Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964

  • Although he did not look back he knew that the Star Captain was following him at the easy, mile-eating pace his own feet had automatically dropped into.

    Daybreak 2250 AD Norton, Andre 1952

Log in or sign up to add your own related words.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • hugovk commented on the word mile-eating

    mile-eating, v.

    The Brooks Blog, 25 January 2016:

    Since it was established in 1911 by Cycling magazine, only a handful of cyclists have combined the physical stamina and psychological drive to take on the Year Record. The heyday of mile-eating was in the 1930s when bicycles and roads were much improved but the car had not yet taken over. In 1939 the Year Record was put ‘out of reach’ by Tommy Godwin, a British racing cyclist whose reputation as cycling’s ultimate mile-eater is unsurpassed. Not only did Godwin ride a unimaginably large distances (an average 205 miles a day with many days in excess of 300 miles) but suffered crashes, illness and two freezing British winters. He carried on through the outbreak of the second world war, air raids, blackouts, food rationing and the threat of being conscripted hanging over him. Godwin’s total of 75065 miles – 205 miles a day – that was the target for the two challengers who set out in January 2015.

    February 2, 2016