Voorbeelden van knee-deep

• They were sitting knee-deep in water, in the dark, for nearly three days before they were dug out.

• But in the last few years we have been knee-deep in leisure centres, and the rate of juvenile crime has been higher than ever.

• It is the number of broiler chickens bred in this country in inhumane conditions—in windowless sheds, knee-deep in droppings—whose limbs never reach maturity because of their accelerated growth.

• She would find herself in an antediluvian carriage, knee-deep in filth, and would probably conclude that the journey would be quicker on the back of a lame tortoise.

• Photographs taken shortly after evacuation show that the plane came to rest in knee-deep water.

• The track was close to the beach, and was knee-deep in sand in places.

• The geological forces of the desert mean that tourists now walk through houses knee-deep in sand.

• It is also good for parents of young children because the water doesn't get much deeper than knee-deep along the shore.