How to Use waist-high in a Sentence
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At the end of the day, Bood’s boats will be waist-high with kelp.
—Kathleen Hou, ELLE, 3 Mar. 2023
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The coffin was at the mouth of the hearse, resting waist-high on a stand, the lid unscrewed and sitting on top.
—Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
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Nothing feels tired about a floor-length sequin gown with contrasting white cups on the bodice and a nearly waist-high slit—and that's the point.
—Halie Lesavage, harpersbazaar.com, 22 Apr. 2023
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Where a waist-high wall gives way to dueling bullpens, which sit below stacks of grandstands.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
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Snowmelt from the mountains is feeding the frigid floodwater, which was waist-high Wednesday in some homes near a breach in the Tule River.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2023
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Streets and sidewalks meander past lots that were once meant for houses but now have only bits of trash and waist-high weeds.
—Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
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To get free, Little Joe cleared a 12-foot-deep moat, got past an electrified wire, over a waist-high glass barrier, and out of the zoo pavilion.
—Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
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The game’s waist-high cabinet featured four large buttons on the top, which lit up in random sequence; the player had to push the buttons in the same order.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2023
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Unflappable as always, Pavelski contorted his body while on one skate and slapped the waist-high puck toward the far post and into the net.
—Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2023
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The Middle-Size League uses a full-size soccer ball and onboard perception on waist-high wheeled robots.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2023
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Across the street, three girls — all apparently younger than 12 — waded into the waist-high water, laughing and filming videos on their phones.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
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These waist-high beds work amazingly well and are especially good for people who have back and knee issues.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
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On the third floor, behind a door wedged open with a roll of toilet paper, a young man stared up from a mattress on the floor, unable to cross his tiny room through a waist-high pile of items, with a bicycle on the top.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2023
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The floodwaters here were slightly shallower, waist-high, but Nyaguey and the others worked from a crouch, keeping their arms below the water, fighting to break the apple-sized bulbs from the stems.
—Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
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The glittering green dress featured a plunging neckline, waist-high slit and a graphic of a figure hitting a tennis ball with a racket.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
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At the time, Kardashian posed in a slinky asymmetrical dress featuring a nearly waist-high leg slit and huge sculptural cutouts all over the chest, stomach, and thigh.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 July 2023
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The aisle boasted waist-high delphinium florals all designed by the bride’s mother and the service was framed by two English oak trees that were planted just for the occasion.
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2024
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These waist-high beds work amazingly well and are especially good for people who suffer from back or knee issues.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
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Jennifer Lopez answers that question with a Valentino dress featuring nearly waist-high side slits.
—Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 7 June 2023
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While under anesthesia for an upcoming dental surgery, Mila fell from a waist-high bench and suffered a lethal spinal injury.
—María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
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Along nearby Sylvester Street, about half a dozen vacant homes have been torn down and just one ramshackle house remains, with peeling siding, sagging roof and surrounded by waist-high weeds, trees and a thriving rose bush.
—Corey Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 18 July 2023
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She was discovered 32 miles south of where she was last seen after the family’s car was caught up in waist-high water when Houghs Creek in Upper Makefield overflowed after up to 6 inches of rain fell over two hours.
—Jo Ciavaglia, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
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The rainfall has destroyed thousands of homes and businesses as water sat waist-high in some areas of the state, and Montpelier is currently under a boil water notice.
—Time, 11 July 2023
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Thousands of homes are damaged in Florida – some with shredded walls and roofs, others with murky, waist-high floodwater that officials warn could be dangerous for days to come.
—Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
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People left without food or other essentials waded through waist-high flooding to empty stores for supplies.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023
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Videos posted on social media showed cars being engulfed and swept away by stormwater and people wading through waist-high water on neighborhood streets.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
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Apart from the big heavy barrier meant to defend against moving vehicles, the mostly waist-high structures will be rather lightly constructed and roofless but for fabric canopies (an umbrella is always an option too).
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 24 Oct. 2023
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Videos posted to social media show cars partially submerged and residents wading through waist-high floodwaters.
—Alex Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
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Ming wore a sultry number with cut-outs as well as lace-up stilettos while Aoki selected an extravagant Andrew Kwon confection featuring a full glittery skirt with ruffles and a nearly waist-high slit.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
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Thankfully the couple installed electrical sockets about waist-high in anticipation of possible flooding.
—Rebecca Blackwell and James Pollard, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
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