He was on a metal catwalk chest-high in the tunnel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gorky Park]

The hermit looked over the chest-high stone coping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord of the Isles] Reference

He wasn't used to walking chest-high through fields.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]

Now they were chest-high, and sprawling, their blossoms gone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arlene] Reference

Corn that should be chest-high now reaches just above the ankles.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

He stands at this chest-high desk all day long, still plays squash.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2006] Reference

The chest-high grass of the open field was golden and gone to seed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clan of the Cave Bear]

Several Frenchi Jerome's age paused, chest-high in the turquoise water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crystal Rain] Reference

Hannah stepped closer to inspect the chest-high stump and the fallen tree.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ilium]

He dropped the sledge, seized her and held her up to the chest-high opening.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tiger! Tiger!]

He dropped the sledge, seized her, and held her up to the chest-high opening.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Stars My Destination]

She quickened her stride, hurrying toward the chest-high cylinder of the well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fire Dancer]

Sillek takes the cup closest to him and lifts it, chest-high, before answering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fall of Angels]

Elric dismounted, wading chest-high through the mist to where the panther stood.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dreamthief's Daughter]

The water was chest-high before he grabbed a rope and hauled himself up on board.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shield of Thunder]

There was a chest-high parapet wall clad in copper on all four sides of the roof.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

He walked around the Table to the chest-high cabinet and pulled out the top drawer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soarer's Choice]

On the far side was a forestry road with chest-high seedlings of second-growth trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wolves Eat Dogs]

Grass that grew chest-high from scams in the road earned another tick from the dosimeter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wolves Eat Dogs]

I love how just when I get chest-high into this gooey mess, I start having second thoughts.    From Wordnik.com.  [clashpunk Diary Entry] Reference

The edge of the roof was a chest-high fence: zigzag iron spokes, carved to resemble elbow root.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ringworld Engineers]

Beds are bolted to the floor and a chest-high balcony rail prevents impromptu leaps into the pool.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fall in Love, Plug the Island] Reference

Wentworth urged his companions across to the left, to a single oval window with a chest-high sill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

And they said the water was chest-high, sometimes up to their chin, as they tried to get out of here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2005] Reference

I mean, you will be in knee-deep water, and then waist-deep water, and chest-high water just like that.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2005] Reference

A chest-high barrier blocked the precipitous drop from the sidewalk to the rooftops of the buildings below.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dangerous Hour]

The poet stood, dropping his cloak with a dramatic flourish and coming chest-high to the centurion beside him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hadrian's Wall.html]

The soldier was leaning over a chest-high counter, holding his sword to the throat of a mousy, squint-eyed man.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Veiled Dragon]

Charlton pleaded guilty to a chest-high tackle on one forward who had annoyed him in a match some months previously.    From Wordnik.com.  [Let's have more football and less phone-in flim-flam, please] Reference

Between the bridges and the ramps ran a chest-high balustrade, however, as though falling was a danger there at any rate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eye of the World]

For us to get there, it's -- we tried to and you'd have to wade through waist-deep water -- I'm sorry -- chest-high water now.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2005] Reference

Kingston's 220 employees-including its founders, Tu and Sun-work in no-frills modular cubicles divided by chest-high partitions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Here's A 'Virtual' Model For America's Industrial] Reference

The Marines had to disembark and wade 700 yards to shore in chest-high water, as Japanese gunners cut them mercilessly to pieces.    From Wordnik.com.  [To The Shores Of Kuwait] Reference

There was a brief silence, then someone cursed, and half a decade blaster-bolts seared past Dave's hiding place, about chest-high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hostage A Terran Empire story] Reference