Children giggled as they chased waves.

Meaning: The children laughed happily as they ran after the waves on the beach.

Choice of Words: Giggled means to laugh in a light, cheerful way. Chased means to run after something in order to catch it. Waves are the ridges of water that move across the surface of a body of water.

Alternative Expressions

The children's laughter echoed through the air as they ran along the beach, chasing the waves.

Meaning: This sentence describes the children's laughter filling the air as they run along the beach, chasing the waves.

Choice of Words: Echoed means to repeat or reverberate a sound. Through means passing from one side to the other. Air refers to the invisible mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth. Along means moving in the same direction as something else. Beach refers to a sandy or pebbly shore beside a body of water.

The children's laughter danced in the breeze as they skipped and chased the waves along the sandy shore.

Meaning: This sentence describes the children's laughter being carried by the wind as they skip and chase the waves along the sandy beach.

Choice of Words: Danced means to move rhythmically to music. Breeze refers to a gentle wind. Skipped means to jump lightly and quickly. Sandy means covered in sand. Shore refers to the land along the edge of a body of water.

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