The water was thigh-deep now, icy around his ankles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Destiny's Road]

Hiked to the top of a Himalayan peak in thigh-deep snow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eliezer Sobel: What's on Your Bucket List?] Reference

He slid into the thigh-deep water, turned to help her in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel] Reference

The water was thigh-deep as she approached where Deva stood.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hawk Eternal]

Then he landed thigh-deep in water, from which arose an unpleasant smell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Star Born] Reference

We crossed this by a rustic bridge at present submerged thigh-deep by the rains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa] Reference

Who knew there were that many people reading books whilst standing thigh-deep in rivers?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Author! Author! » Blog Archive » How to write a book proposal, part II: identifying your target audience] Reference

The remaining 7,000 manuscripts cover all the remaining floor space in thigh-deep drifts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference

Put heavy logs on his shoulder and made him run up sand dunes and thigh-deep in the ocean.    From Wordnik.com.  [Savages] Reference

And then farther to the left, over here, it's at least thigh-deep or maybe hip-deep in water.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2005] Reference

No doubt she was still wading thigh-deep in seawater, with a grandchild tied in a sling to her back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spirit Gate] Reference

Still thigh-deep in the mist, I turned and looked where she looked; and, like her, I was transfixed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gates of Noon]

Do not neglect to add the fact that they are standing thigh-deep in water that should be over their heads.    From Wordnik.com.  [Duma Key]

Skin-clad, she waded thigh-deep in rice-swamps, battling with squawking waterfowl for the precious grains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan the Adventurer]

Skin-clad, she waded thigh-deep in rice-swamps, battling with squawking water-fowl for the precious grains.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bloody Crown of Conan]

Skin-clad, she waded thigh-deep in rice swamps, battling with squawking water-fowl for the precious grains.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Conan Chronicles]

We got lost in thigh-deep grass at one in the morning; and eventually we came across a set of tall statues.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Few Words with Cherie Priest] Reference

In its shelter, the thick mud had only flowed in thigh-deep on him, with a layer of chill water on top of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mad Ship]

The man who preceded me was only thigh-deep, but the disturbance caused by his feet made it breast-deep for me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa] Reference

Movement was becoming harder; I felt as though I were wading through water thigh-deep, pursued by monstrous fish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference

He put his back to the courtyard wall and before they overpowered him the dead men were strewn in heaps thigh-deep about him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bloody Crown of Conan]

He put his back to the courtyard wall, and before they overpowered him the dead men were strewn in heaps thigh-deep about him.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Witch Shall Be Born]

Twenty minutes later, we slipped out ofthe thigh-deep water and shimmied up the bank beneath a tree he had notedbefore our stalk.    From Wordnik.com.  [3 Successful Turkey Hunters Reveal their Favorite Tactics] Reference

The company landed in the valley by helicopter in February, pushed through thigh-deep snow and eventually set up three small bases.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Wave of Troop Surge Reaches Afghanistan] Reference

For a moment he found himself thigh-deep, watching the horizontal stealing of a ship through the intolerable glitter, afraid to plunge.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Trespasser] Reference

All day long you see them stand thigh-deep in the surf, fishing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pipefuls] Reference

He was again standing before the little photograph of the nymph thigh-deep in water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution] Reference

The Aspen Skiing Co. e-mailed a photo of a smiling employee standing in thigh-deep snow.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

• To tone inner thighs and hips, shuffle side to side in at least thigh-deep water, states.    From Wordnik.com.  [STLtoday.com Top News Headlines] Reference

The complex is home mostly to seniors and was flooded in water that was thigh-deep in places.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shad Plank] Reference

Stepping carefully among the rocks, I stood about thigh-deep in my rubber boots and cast across the pool.    From Wordnik.com.  [Days Off And Other Digressions] Reference