waist-high
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of waist-high
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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Hanson began noting tufts of pine needles poking out of the waist-high brush around us.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025
For example, he once jumped onto the roof of a car to avoid tangling with a large mastiff mix that had hopped over a waist-high fence.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
They were looking for missing residents in waist-high floodwaters, but they were not wearing life jackets.
From New York Times • May 30, 2024
A wide region has been swamped from Houston to rural East Texas, where game wardens rode airboats through waist-high waters rescuing people and pets who did not evacuate in time.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024
Out front squatted a waist-high gargoyle, so eroded by rain and salt that his features were all but obliterated.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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