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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • These waist-high beds work amazingly well for everyone, especially for people with back and knee issues.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Further exploration of the site revealed a small terrace 30 or so yards from the stand, together with a block of waist-high turnstiles.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • On Terrace Street, where the Mitchells lived for decades, debris was piled waist-high inside the remains of the white house with the green trim.
    — Claire Fahy, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
  • 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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