: rising or reaching upward to the knees
knee-high stockings
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Pair either dress with beautiful knee-high boots like these Naturalizer stunners (more on them below) for a cool boho outfit.
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Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025
The silhouette featured a rounded toe, a chunky lug sole with a block heel, and a close-fitting knee-high shaft with a zipper.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025
The grass is knee-high at the gravestones near the path.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
Let the belts, sheer details, and eye-catching prints on the longer options speak for themselves; liven up (and winterproof) the shorter options with knee-high boots and thermal tights.
—Shelby Ying Hyde, Glamour, 18 Nov. 2025
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Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025
The silhouette featured a rounded toe, a chunky lug sole with a block heel, and a close-fitting knee-high shaft with a zipper.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025
The grass is knee-high at the gravestones near the path.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
Let the belts, sheer details, and eye-catching prints on the longer options speak for themselves; liven up (and winterproof) the shorter options with knee-high boots and thermal tights.
—Shelby Ying Hyde, Glamour, 18 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for knee-high
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“Knee-high.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knee-high. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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