Calm breeze blew through trees.

Meaning: The sentence describes a gentle wind moving through the branches of the trees, creating a peaceful and serene atmosphere.

Choice of Words: The breeze is a light wind that moves through an area. Blew means that the wind moved with force. Through means that the wind moved from one side of the trees to the other. Trees are large plants with a trunk and branches.

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The wind gently rustled the leaves of the trees.

Meaning: This sentence also describes a gentle wind moving through the leaves of trees, but it focuses on the sound the wind makes.

Choice of Words: Wind is another word for breeze, and rustled means to make a soft, crackling sound. Leaves are the flat, green parts of trees, and of means belonging to something. So, "The wind gently rustled the leaves of the trees" means a gentle wind made a soft, crackling sound as it moved through the leaves of the trees.

A light breeze whispered through the branches of the trees.

Meaning: This sentence is similar to the previous one, but it uses the word "whispered" to describe the sound of the wind.

Choice of Words: Light means not heavy or strong, and whispered means to speak softly. Branches are the woody parts of trees that grow out from the trunk, and of means belonging to something. So, "A light breeze whispered through the branches of the trees" means a gentle wind made a soft, rustling sound as it moved through the branches of the trees.

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