chest-deep

It is a statement which gets to the heart of why his documentaries feel like fiction, and why he is always chest-deep in the river, rather than looking at a monitor on the bank.

Werner Herzog, the adventurous spirit 2011

Here the stream widened into a chest-deep pool before spilling over into a waterfall.

Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

Pat Roque/Associated Press A man floated through chest-deep water in Quezon.

Flooding in the Philippines 2011

Here the stream widened into a chest-deep pool before spilling over into a waterfall.

Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

Elsewhere, strangers formed human chains, sometimes chest-deep in the flood, passing items from flooded homes to dry land.

Australia floods: Brisbane waters peak lower than feared 2011

They stood chest-deep in the water and grasped the exhausted, terrified animals in embraces that looked almost loving.

Kook Peter Heller 2010

Julianne had just fallen backward into the “swimming hole”—a chest-deep pool in the stream beneath the willow—and her splash sent small waves hissing into each grassy bank.

Here Comes Another Lesson Stephen O’Connor 2010

There is also a deeper lap-pool, a chest-deep whirlpool that carries swimmers in lazy circles, a curlicue water slide falling into its own pool, an Olympic high dive, and two ankle-deep wading pools with fountains that move and fall in cascades that are fun to touch and explore.

Family fun at Parque Aquatico Oaxtepec near Cuernavaca, Morelos 2008

We caught a couple of smallmouth bass as we stood in chest-deep water, casting at the deep holes and eddies.

Hypothermia in summer: The storms of 8/3/2002 Kevin Ambrose 2010

Pless waded in to where he was chest-deep and motioned a clutch of students over.

Kook Peter Heller 2010