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Some of the kids raise their hands and answer questions like waist-high Carl Sagans.—
Scott Baldauf,
Christian Science Monitor,
12 Nov. 2026 On top of that, the waist-high water brought production to a standstill for three weeks.—
Bella Webb,
Vogue,
2 Nov. 2026 Reina and the bank's other female customers had been corralled into a waiting area at the back, partitioned off by a waist-high wall.—CBS News,
29 Oct. 2026 One man was able to wrench the doors open and allow everyone inside to escape into the waist-high floodwaters in their parking garage, surveillance video showed.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waist-high