| A stray cat scampered across the alley, not sparing a glance at the girl who was wading through an ankle-deep swamp of old newspaper. |
| He climbed from the tow-truck landing in an ankle-deep puddle, and ran towards Gregg, shouting for him to get out of the way. |
| The legs of his pants end above the tops of his shoes, a fashion preference dictated by the hours he spends ankle-deep in wet grass. |
| The first three all tried for the same rock and ended up ankle-deep in water. |
| They were all treading through ankle-deep snow in the parking-lot, holding their jackets up to their necks against the piercing gale. |
| As soon as we got downstairs, we were walking in ankle-deep water and there seemed to be an urgency to just get us out of the building. |
