He was chewing the gillyweed as hard and fast as he could; it felt unpleasantly slimy and rubbery, like octopus tentacles. Waist-deep in the freezing water he stopped, swallowed, and waited for something to happen.
Thousands of others managed to flee the flood zone, trudging through waist- deep water and climbing aboard army trucks, but after escaping one life- threatening situation, they are now faced with another.
Imagine yourself in Hetch Hetchy on a sunny day in June, standing waist-deep in grass and flowers (as I have often stood), while the great pines sway dreamily with scarcely perceptible motion.
Columbine grows on the drier margins with tall larkspurs and lupines waist-deep in grasses and sedges; several species of castilleia also make a bright show in beds of blue and white violets and daisies.
When artists are playing on the floating stage, many fans swim closer to get a better view, and watch the sets standing waist-deep in the water, perched on plastic floats or supported by rubber rings.