: rising or reaching upward to the knees
knee-high stockings
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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.
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Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2025
Amina Muaddi also offers the Barbara style in knee-high boots and ankle boots versions.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 17 Dec. 2025
The athlete wore a custom blue fur coat, white pants, white knee-high boots and white gloves.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 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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Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2025
Amina Muaddi also offers the Barbara style in knee-high boots and ankle boots versions.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 17 Dec. 2025
The athlete wore a custom blue fur coat, white pants, white knee-high boots and white gloves.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 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 23 Dec. 2025.
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