: rising or reaching upward to the knees
knee-high stockings
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The visit included an indoor holiday moment and a street-level appearance in Midtown, both built around the same knee-high silhouette.
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 15 Nov. 2025
She’s perched on a black leather chair in a tranquil live room in Los Angeles’ the Village studio — today’s outfit is an oversize black blazer over a Social Distortion T-shirt and knee-high leather boots with three-inch heels.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
The star also wore dark jeans and knee-high black boots.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
That chemical, called MasterRoc AGA 41S, mixes with groundwater and dirt as the tunneling proceeds, and pools at the base of the tunnels, sometimes to knee-high levels.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 15 Nov. 2025
She’s perched on a black leather chair in a tranquil live room in Los Angeles’ the Village studio — today’s outfit is an oversize black blazer over a Social Distortion T-shirt and knee-high leather boots with three-inch heels.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
The star also wore dark jeans and knee-high black boots.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
That chemical, called MasterRoc AGA 41S, mixes with groundwater and dirt as the tunneling proceeds, and pools at the base of the tunnels, sometimes to knee-high levels.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 12 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 19 Nov. 2025.
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