They were soft ship-slippers, ankle-high, and they resisted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales of Known Space]

They were soft ship slippers, ankle-high, and they resisted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crashlander]

She wore ankle-high boots that echoed sharply on the kitchen floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Devil's Waltz]

His eyes traversed the ankle-high grass in the gentle valley below.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Order War]

Each child received ankle-high walking shoes, clothes and bed sheets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daring Young Men] Reference

The ground was a meadow of ankle-high grass thick with pastel flowers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord of the Isles] Reference

He sent a couple of shots past the doorframe, ankle-high and knee-high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perseus Spur]

He usually gets, as we know, ankle-high expectations that he can jump over.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2002] Reference

Vince is dressed in a black flight suit and ankle-high black leather boots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Predator]

It was about thirty foot of ankle-high carpeting from silk wall to silk wall.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funeral In Berlin]

Neither friend had been willing to brave ankle-high water to sit in the front seat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deluge in Guadalajara] Reference

She removed her beribboned, satin slippers and laced on her black, ankle-high boots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hero Come Back]

Once more he took up his saddle and started off in the ankle-high brush of the plain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Furnace of Gold] Reference

They were ankle-high, composed of graphite and Kevlar molded to the shape of her feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ice Hunt]

The little metal circles had been polished to a sheen, as had his black ankle-high boots.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dreaming Void]

They continued following Manton on the seemingly endless trek through the ankle-high grass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gabriel Hawk's Lady]

Weeds grew ankle-high even in the ruts on the road itself, and were waist-high on the verge.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lark And The Wren]

In her short leather jacket, ankle-high boots and leather cap, she looks younger than her age.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lillian McEwen breaks her 19-year silence about Justice Clarence Thomas] Reference

He chose a hooded sweatshirt, the leggings he liked, and his flat-soled, suede, ankle-high boots.    From Wordnik.com.  [With No One as Witness]

But this time he did not trot in a straight line as before, but rather wove in and out through the ankle-high grass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dread Companion]

With the waters ankle-high about his fungi-furred boots, he trudged along, wondering if he would ever feel dry again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Night of masks]

MR: Years ago, a great place to play was The Peanut Gallery, a bar that stayed literally ankle-high in peanut shells every night.    From Wordnik.com.  [HuffPost Reviews: Slash, Madonna, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, Plus A Conversation with Matt Hires, and More] Reference

A single point of fire flared in the air less than a dozen yards from Anna, and tumbled into the ankle-high grass below the ridgetop.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spellsong War]

He knew about my discomfort in my ankle-high socks and hiking boots, sprung at the instep by walking the concrete and asphalt all day.    From Wordnik.com.  [O Saddam!] Reference

By month's end, some sprouts were already ankle-high.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

It's difficult to think clearly after reading through ankle-high BS.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News from Open Source Magazine] Reference

Open - and we're not just talking about firm fairways and ankle-high rough.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories]

A pair of ankle-high boots in black or brown can substitute for the loafers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stepcase Lifehack] Reference

The camera lens ran ankle-high through the field where Hillary's body was found.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicago Reader] Reference

John Beilein snatched an ankle-high dog off the hardwood floor of his home and joked that.    From Wordnik.com.  [WTNH TV] Reference

Yes, boots or bootees are back, along with ankle-high platforms and designs for the woman.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Shoes for yoga: Vibram Five Fingers] Reference

Down the road at Sunset Point, the ankle-high tails of waves rippled through the streets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference

Also, James made a few sloppy turnovers, including an ankle-high entry pass into Ilgauskas.    From Wordnik.com.  [FOXSports.com News] Reference

That is to say, when the great mass of citizens are only ankle-high, when among the Lilliputians.    From Wordnik.com.  [Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4] Reference

"From the kitchen through the living room, into every area, it was ankle-high," said Carol Cooper.    From Wordnik.com.  [WSOCTV.com - Local News] Reference