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In the fruits and vegetables garden level, waist-high stone planting beds were constructed for tomatoes, onions, golden beets, chili peppers and blueberries.—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026 Hunter Harvey fired a waist-high 3-1 fastball on the inside part of the plate.—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2026 During Superstorm Sandy, a fourteen-foot surge from the Hudson poured into the city, producing images of National Guardsmen in boats ferrying residents through waist-high water.—Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 That was complemented by what was known as a Tony Gwynn SoloHitter contrivance, through which four chords connected to a baseball would reset the ball to its waist-high starting point after each thwacking during all hours of the day.—Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waist-high