Family laughed during movie.

Meaning: This sentence describes a group of related people enjoying a film and expressing happiness through laughter.

Choice of Words: Family refers to a group of people related to each other. Laughed means to make a sound showing amusement or joy. During means at the time of something happening, and movie is a film shown in a cinema or on television.

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The family giggled throughout the film.

Meaning: This sentence means that the members of a family found something funny and expressed their amusement with quiet laughter during the entire time they were watching a movie.

Choice of Words: Family refers to a group of people related by blood or marriage, giggled means to laugh in a quiet or silly way, and throughout means during the entire time of something. Film is another word for movie.

The clan erupted in laughter as they watched the silly movie.

Meaning: This sentence means that the members of a family found something very funny and expressed their amusement with loud laughter while they were watching a movie that was full of silly things.

Choice of Words: Clan is another word for family, erupted means to burst forth suddenly and with force, and as means at the same time as something else is happening. Silly means foolish or amusing.

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