Birds chirped sweetly, greeting the dawn.

Meaning: The birds made pleasant sounds to welcome the beginning of a new day.

Choice of Words: Chirped means made a short, sharp sound, typically by a bird. Sweetly means in a pleasant or agreeable manner. Greeting means welcoming or expressing pleasure at the arrival of someone or something. Dawn is the first light of day, just before sunrise.

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The birds were singing sweetly as the sun came up.

Meaning: This means that the birds are singing happily while the sun is rising. It's like saying, The birds are singing a beautiful song while the sun is coming up.

Choice of Words: The birds are warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterized by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Were singing is a verb that means to produce musical sounds with the voice. Sweetly means in a pleasing or agreeable manner. As is a conjunction that means at the same time as. The sun came up is a phrase that means to appear above the horizon. When you put them together, "The birds were singing sweetly as the sun came up" is a sentence that describes the sound of birds singing at sunrise.

With the break of dawn, the birdsong filled the air.

Meaning: This means that the birds are singing and their song is filling the air as the new day begins. It's like saying, The birds are singing their beautiful song and it's filling the air as the sun rises.

Choice of Words: With is a preposition that means together with or in the company of. The break of dawn is a phrase that means the first appearance of light in the sky in the morning. The birdsong is a noun that means the sound of birds singing. Filled is a verb that means to make something full. The air is the invisible gaseous substance that surrounds the earth. When you put them together, "With the break of dawn, the birdsong filled the air" is a sentence that describes the sound of birds singing at the start of a new day.

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