Meaning: The sound of crickets made it difficult to sleep.
Choice of Words: Chirping: making a short, sharp sound. Disturbed: interrupted or interfered with. Sleep: the state of being unconscious.
Alternative Expressions
Crickets' chirping kept sleep away.
Meaning: This sentence means that the sound of crickets chirping prevented someone from falling asleep.
Choice of Words:Kept means to prevent something from happening. Away means to create distance from the current location or to move from the speaker. When you put them together, "kept away" means to prevent something from getting near.
Noisy crickets chirped, driving sleep away.
Meaning: This sentence means that the loud chirping of crickets forced sleep away from someone.
Choice of Words:Noisy means making a lot of noise. Driving means to force or move something in a particular direction. Away means to create distance from the current location or to move from the speaker. When you put them together, "driving away" means to force something to move away.