Birds sang sweetly at sunrise.

Meaning: The birds made beautiful music with their voices when the sun rose.

Choice of Words: Sang is the past tense of the verb sing, which means to make musical sounds with your voice. Sweetly means in a pleasing or enjoyable way. Sunrise is the time when the sun rises in the morning.

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The birds' melody filled the air at the break of dawn.

Meaning: This sentence describes the birds' singing as filling the air with a beautiful sound as the sun rises.

Choice of Words: Melody is a series of musical notes that create a tune. Filled means to occupy or take up all of something. Air is the invisible gas that we breathe. Break of dawn is another way of saying sunrise.

As the first rays of sunlight peeked over the horizon, the chorus of birds greeted the new day with their harmonious songs.

Meaning: This sentence describes the birds' singing as a harmonious greeting to the new day as the sun rises.

Choice of Words: Rays are lines of light or heat. Peeked means to look or appear briefly. Horizon is the line where the earth meets the sky. Chorus is a group of singers or musicians who perform together. Harmonious means pleasing to the ear.

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