shoulder-high

adjective

: reaching as high as a person's shoulder

a shoulder-high wall

Examples of shoulder-high in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dropped off on the Canadian side, that group walked ‒ in full view of remote security cameras – into a field of shoulder-high corn bordering the United States. — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026

The bases were loaded and Anderson took a shoulder-high fastball, slapped it down the right-field line and three runs came home. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026

Tucked into the coastal bluffs just off of Highway 1, Calla Lily Valley is a small gulch that explodes with vibrancy this time of year as hundreds of shoulder-high white flowers bloom in unison. — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2026

The dog park has shoulder-high fencing but is completely outdoors. — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025

The next pitch was shoulder-high, easily ball four, but Chourio could not resist. — Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024

Along its back wall, four cubicles were separated by white partitions, about shoulder-high. — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024

The shoulder-high fastball only served to set up the next pitch, an 85 mph changeup that snapped back over the inside corner and sailed past Ohtani’s bat. — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024

The trail takes us straight into the fragrant, shoulder-high shrubs. — Jayme Moye, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2023

Rhymes for shoulder-high

• abscissae
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