They had to wade in ankle-deep blood-red water to reach the bowl.

Lee had seen the pistol tumble away during the fall, so he kicked himself free and stood in ankle-deep water.

"Perhaps he had help," I said, jumping out of the boat, splashing into ankle-deep water.

The sound of their feet splashing through ankle-deep water echoed back from the distance.

Inside the apartment, the police said, the walls were so hot from the ankle-deep water that they gave off steam.

Before he could comment, she'd hopped out in the ankle-deep water and was securing the lines with rocks.

There, the hurricane caused two serious injuries and left streets flooded in ankle-deep water.

My second rescue was a 300-pound woman who fell over in ankle-deep water.

A man and woman waited for them, prudently standing a few steps up from the ankle-deep water on the floor.