knee-high

Example Sentences

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In Nyakach, in the west, children walked through knee-high water and residents scooped water from inundated houses -- though some were submerged up to the roof.

From Barron's

We quickly walked into a bed of knee-high sequoias saplings so thick I couldn’t estimate their number.

From Los Angeles Times

Marco walked up as Chase was staring at a painting of a man holding a whip, dressed in a red coat, white pants, knee-high black boots, and a black top hat.

From Literature

Or the time when she appeared next to Belichick on the sidelines on game day wearing a reptile mini-skirt and knee-high boots.

From BBC

Akira barely managed to hang on, until at last they burst out of the trees and into the knee-high brown grass of the bald.

From Literature