How to Use waist-high in a Sentence

waist-high

adjective
  • At the end of the day, Bood’s boats will be waist-high with kelp.
    — Kathleen Hou, ELLE, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Most of Martha’s dahlia plants are about knee- to waist-high already.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 21 July 2026
  • Some lots are empty, covered in waist-high weeds and bits of concrete.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 15 May 2026
  • The second showed two middle schoolers tending to a waist-high sapling.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 6 May 2024
  • Where a waist-high wall gives way to dueling bullpens, which sit below stacks of grandstands.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
  • Mundell sloshed through waist-high water and peeked around the corner to Bridge Street.
    — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • On the east side, there was no curtain wall yet—just sky, and a waist-high barrier of wire and netting.
    — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Prescription socks and waist-high ones can cost upward of $100.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • Adell had just stolen a home run, tumbling over the waist-high wall near the right-field foul pole, which frames the left side of the photo.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • On the floor, waist-high piles of books tottered like miniature leaning towers of Pisa.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2025
  • Hunter Harvey fired a waist-high 3-1 fastball on the inside part of the plate.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Troopers noted that objects were piled waist-high everywhere.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Olandria Carthen wowed in a bright yellow gown with a plunging neckline and daring waist-high slit.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • The person who filmed the video also showed two toilets separated from the rest of the room by only a waist-high wall.
    — Laura Romero, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2025
  • My Titleist ProV1x was waist-high on a treacherous side-hill lie.
    — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Nothing but verdant grey hills, sheep, and waist-high walls of ancient stones that vanished into the vastness of the landscape.
    — Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
  • 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
  • The installation was fenced in by waist-high sheets of plexiglass, lest any visitors fall into the art.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Down in the nullah, the jungle was green and dense, but in the open area in front of me the trees had lost their leaves, and the only cover was dead, waist-high grass.
    — Leslie E. Tassell, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Her gown, which was paired with black heels, featured a sweetheart neckline with a plunging dip, a waist-high slit and gold embellishments all over.
    — Michelle Lee, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • About 500 feet from his apartment, the car gave out in the nearly waist-high water early Wednesday evening.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
  • These waist-high beds work amazingly well for everyone, especially for people with back and knee issues.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
  • People left without food or other essentials waded through waist-high flooding to empty stores for supplies.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Reed drove a couple of hours to pick up a waist-high reindeer, paying $200 rather than $700 for a giant one.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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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