Curious dog sniffed at ground and found bone.

Meaning: An inquisitive dog inhaled and exhaled quickly through its nose to detect the scent of a bone and discovered it.

Choice of Words: Curious means eager to know or learn something. Sniffed means to inhale and exhale quickly and noisily through the nose, especially in order to detect a smell. Ground is the surface of the earth or other planet. Found means to come across or discover something that was lost or hidden, and bone is a hard tissue that makes up the skeleton of an animal.

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