A smile spread across her face like a ray of sunshine.

Meaning: She smiled broadly, expressing her happiness and joy.

Choice of Words: Smile is an expression of happiness or amusement, typically with the corners of the mouth turned up. Spread means to distribute or cover an area. Face is the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin. Ray is a narrow beam of light or heat. Sunshine is the light and heat from the sun.

Alternative Expressions

Her face beamed with a smile like the sun.

Meaning: This means that the smile made her face look very bright and happy, like the sun.

Choice of Words: Beamed means to shine brightly. With indicates that the smile accompanied the beaming face. Like the sun compares the smile to the brightness of the sun.

Her face lit up with a smile as radiant as the sun.

Meaning: This means that the smile made her face look very bright and happy, like the sun.

Choice of Words: Lit up means to become bright or illuminated. With indicates that the smile accompanied the lit-up face. As radiant as the sun compares the smile to the brightness of the sun.

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