waist-high

adjective

: reaching as high as a person's waist
waist-high corn

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When the criminal court jury returned its verdict, handing Mayers a resounding victory, the rapper and actor dove over a waist-high courtroom barrier to embrace Rihanna, who was seated in the front row. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025 My Titleist ProV1x was waist-high on a treacherous side-hill lie. Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 The person who filmed the video also showed two toilets separated from the rest of the room by only a waist-high wall. Laura Romero, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2025 Laying in an almost illusion deconstruction, the black fabric featured cutouts to reveal the white corset beneath the bustline in a plunging V shape and at the sides, along with waist-high slits on either side of the front of the skirt. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for waist-high

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“Waist-high.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waist-high. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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