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a
: sunk to the knees
knee-deep in mud
b
: deeply engaged or occupied
knee-deep in work
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Examples of knee-deep in a Sentence
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Images emerged of children traversing South Florida streets in an inflatable raft, adults wading through knee-deep water covering neighborhood blocks, and cars stalled while submerged and stranded in the middle of roadways.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 June 2024
At that time, Demarco’s front yard was knee-deep in water.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 14 June 2024
In the last seconds of his life, the 53-year-old actor Vic Morrow was struggling through knee-deep water with a child in each arm.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
Her district includes Lafayette, where the Indiana Economic Development Corporation plans to withdraw up to 100 million gallons of water a day to feed the LEAP District near Lebanon, so she's been knee-deep in residents' concerns about accountability.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
Baths will be dunks that require wading through sticky, knee-deep mud.
—Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Residents cleaned up Tuesday using heavy construction equipment and snow shovels to clear ice that had piled up knee-deep.
—CBS News, 21 May 2024
Residents in a small city in northeastern Colorado were cleaning up Tuesday after hail the size of baseballs and golf balls pounded the community, with heavy construction equipment and snow shovels being used to clear ice that piled up knee-deep the night before.
—Colleen Slevin, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
The variety here is impressive, with infinity rooms of digital light, knee-deep illuminated water, and mazelike cavernous halls of huge balloons.
—John Clifford, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024
Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 June 2024
At that time, Demarco’s front yard was knee-deep in water.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 14 June 2024
In the last seconds of his life, the 53-year-old actor Vic Morrow was struggling through knee-deep water with a child in each arm.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
Her district includes Lafayette, where the Indiana Economic Development Corporation plans to withdraw up to 100 million gallons of water a day to feed the LEAP District near Lebanon, so she's been knee-deep in residents' concerns about accountability.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
Baths will be dunks that require wading through sticky, knee-deep mud.
—Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Residents cleaned up Tuesday using heavy construction equipment and snow shovels to clear ice that had piled up knee-deep.
—CBS News, 21 May 2024
Residents in a small city in northeastern Colorado were cleaning up Tuesday after hail the size of baseballs and golf balls pounded the community, with heavy construction equipment and snow shovels being used to clear ice that piled up knee-deep the night before.
—Colleen Slevin, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
The variety here is impressive, with infinity rooms of digital light, knee-deep illuminated water, and mazelike cavernous halls of huge balloons.
—John Clifford, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024
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“Knee-deep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knee-deep. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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