Comets streaked across the sky, leaving fiery trails.

Meaning: Comets moved quickly across the sky, leaving bright and hot marks behind them.

Choice of Words: Comets are objects made of ice, dust, and rock that orbit the sun. Streaked means to move quickly across something, leaving a mark or trail. Sky is the area above the Earth where we see clouds, stars, and the sun. Fiery means like fire, hot and bright. Trails are marks or lines left behind something that has moved.

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Blazing balls of ice and dust hurtled through the heavens, painting fiery streaks.

Meaning: This means that very hot and bright balls of ice and dust were moving very quickly through the sky, leaving bright and hot paths behind them.

Choice of Words: Blazing means very hot and bright. Balls are round objects. Ice is frozen water. Dust is very small pieces of dirt or other materials. Hurtled means to move very quickly and suddenly. Heavens is a poetic way of referring to the sky. Painting means to create a picture or design. Fiery means very hot and bright. Streaks are paths or marks left behind by something moving.

The celestial travelers, with their icy hearts and dusty tails, streaked through the cosmic canvas, leaving radiant streaks in their wake.

Meaning: This means that the comets, which are objects made of ice and dust that travel through space, were moving quickly through the sky, leaving bright and hot paths behind them.

Choice of Words: Celestial means relating to the sky or outer space. Travelers are people or things that are moving from one place to another. Icy means very cold and made of ice. Hearts are the center of a person or thing. Dusty means covered in or made of dust. Tails are the long, thin parts of some animals that extend behind their bodies. Streaked means to move quickly through the air, leaving a trail behind. Cosmic means relating to the universe or outer space. Canvas is a piece of cloth or other material on which a painting is made. Radiant means very bright. Streaks are paths or marks left behind by something moving. Wake is the trail of disturbed water left behind a moving boat or other object.

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