We wore tow-shirts which were knee-length, and no shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives] Reference
My favorite: a knee-length grayish-purple corduroy skirt. From Wordnik.com. [elephants Diary Entry] Reference
Now he wore a simple white knee-length tunic edged with gold. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
Underneath she had a black knee-length dress on and black sunglasses. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 28, 2006] Reference
She was wearing a knee-length black skirt and the lovely silk blouse. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
Amaranthus wore knee-length riding trousers — although he was walking. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
He had a knee-length mail coat made of leather with iron rings sewn to it. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
Prada adorns a sleeveless knee-length coat with long, black beaded feathers. From Wordnik.com. [Proud As A Peacock] Reference
The porter reappeared from his room wearing a pair of knee-length rubber boots. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Luck] Reference
His seafoam-colored windbreaker clashed with flowered, knee-length swim trunks. From Wordnik.com. [Strategic Engagement]
The skirt I'd bought her was tan wool, and of a really conservative knee-length. From Wordnik.com. [Time and Again]
She was dress in a purple, Isaac Mizrahi dress and a matching knee-length jacket. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 19, 2009] Reference
Their kids wore suits and colorful knee-length dresses instead of caps and gowns. From Wordnik.com. [Private-School Poppets Welcome Ferrell, Hugh Grant, Reality-Show Cameras] Reference
It was a simple A-line, no sleeves, knee-length, black, with little white dots on it. From Wordnik.com. [Persuader]
He was wearing a dark blue knee-length tunic, and a short sword was scabbarded at his waist. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
She was wearing a knee-length plaid skirt and a thin white sweater with a wool coat over it. From Wordnik.com. [Persuader]
Dr. Baxter was here, still clad in his white knee-length overall, lying on the rubber floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Satan Bug]
She threw on a baggy knee-length sweater and led him back into the suffocating front parlor. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare]
She looked delicious in knee-length shirtdresses and nonprescription glasses she didn't need. From Wordnik.com. [Undead and Unworthy]
The outer dress was knee-length to dramatize the tiers of a dozen cascading emerald petticoats. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
In particular, don't wear them with knee-length shorts and a pair of overdesigned running shoes. From Wordnik.com. [How to Be Invisible] Reference
Ms. Jennings, dressed in a dark sports coat over a black knee-length skirt, stepped to the fore. From Wordnik.com. [TV News Luminaries Gather to Celebrate Jennings Book, Jennings] Reference
He wore a knee-length white tunic, and his long dark hair was bound back with a strip of leather. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
Even when she slipped the black, knee-length bliaut over the chainse, it still hugged her curves. From Wordnik.com. [Gentle Warrior]
The dress she wore was knee-length white chiffon that sighed as she moved, close at the wrists and neck. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
Two men in knee-length scarlet tunics stiff with gold braid held poles between which swung a huge banner. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
The lads of the party wear buckskin breeches of knee-length, and tan strapping over tan-colored stockings. From Wordnik.com. [Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People] Reference
So you may want to shorten that and make it a knee-length number for next year if you decide to wear it again. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2006] Reference
And has brown hair and eyes and last seen wearing a red, white and blue striped shirt and knee-length blue jeans. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 26, 2009] Reference
She donned form-fitting tunic, briefs and short skirt, pulled on knee-length socks and laced up Martian walking shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference
To their rear were the Cairhienin, darkly garbed except for slashes of color across the breast of gown or knee-length coat. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
Conservatively dressed in a honey-colored silk blouse and knee-length skirt, she still managed to project a powerful physicality. From Wordnik.com. [The Hearing]
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