knee-deep in

Example Sentences

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Anyone using them for mission-critical tasks today will eventually find themselves knee-deep in a catastrophe.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

She told the BBC: "I was standing in what used to be main street yesterday and I was knee-deep in mud where the road should have been."

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

I am knee-deep in reopening Good Hot Fish after a six week-long closure due to Hurricane Helene.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2025

But nothing works quite as well as standing knee-deep in a pristine Montana river.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

At that moment, in 1981, the Cold War hinged on the calm nerves and training of one American spy, standing knee-deep in chilly water in a Moscow manhole.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau