Meaning: The sound of the boy's footsteps bounced off the walls of the tunnel.
Choice of Words: Footsteps, echoed, in, tunnel are all nouns that describe the sound. "Echoed" is a verb that means to repeat a sound.
Alternative Expressions
Footsteps echoed in the tunnel.
Meaning: This sentence describes a situation where you can hear the sound of someone walking in a tunnel. It's like saying, I can hear the sound of someone walking in the tunnel.
Choice of Words:Footsteps are the sounds made when someone walks. Echoed means that the sound repeated itself. Tunnel is an underground passageway. When you put them together, "Footsteps echoed in the tunnel" means that the sound of someone walking bounced off the walls of the tunnel and repeated itself.
The footsteps resonated in the tunnel.
Meaning: This sentence also describes a situation where you can hear the sound of someone walking in a tunnel, but it emphasizes that the sound lasts for a long time. It's like saying, I can hear the sound of someone walking in the tunnel, and it keeps echoing for a long time.
Choice of Words:Resonate means to produce a sound that continues for a long time. When you put it together, "The footsteps resonated in the tunnel" means that the sound of someone walking echoed and lasted for a long time in the tunnel.
The tunnel reverberated with the sound of footsteps.
Meaning: This sentence also describes a situation where you can hear the sound of someone walking in a tunnel, but it emphasizes that the sound causes the tunnel to vibrate and produce an echoing effect. It's like saying, I can hear the sound of someone walking in the tunnel, and it's making the tunnel shake and echo.
Choice of Words:Reverberate means to vibrate or make a sound that echoes. When you put it together, "The tunnel reverberated with the sound of footsteps" means that the sound of someone walking caused the tunnel to vibrate and produce an echoing sound.