: rising or reaching upward to the knees
knee-high stockings
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Kate also wore a classic pair of knee-high boots for the occasion, pairing her Gianvito Rossi style with a brown plaid wool coat.
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Tara Larson, Footwear News, 26 Dec. 2025
Tay was pictured behind his family with green face paint, while their daughter Ellie went as Cindy Lou Who, wearing a black-and-white gingham dress with a fuzzy red cape, a red headband adorned with a white teacup, and red knee-high socks with white ruffles at the bottom.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
One of my personal favorite wardrobe hacks involves wearing knee-high boots with a midiskirt and using the intersecting hemlines to create a full-coverage look.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2025
This gorgeous beige dress would pair perfectly with tights and knee-high tall boots, a pair of wool leggings, and comfortable walking sneakers, or even worn as an oversized sweater with jeans.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2025
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Tara Larson, Footwear News, 26 Dec. 2025
Tay was pictured behind his family with green face paint, while their daughter Ellie went as Cindy Lou Who, wearing a black-and-white gingham dress with a fuzzy red cape, a red headband adorned with a white teacup, and red knee-high socks with white ruffles at the bottom.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
One of my personal favorite wardrobe hacks involves wearing knee-high boots with a midiskirt and using the intersecting hemlines to create a full-coverage look.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2025
This gorgeous beige dress would pair perfectly with tights and knee-high tall boots, a pair of wool leggings, and comfortable walking sneakers, or even worn as an oversized sweater with jeans.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 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 28 Dec. 2025.
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