Frosty air bites at cheeks.

Meaning: The cold air outside can be painful on your face.

Choice of Words: Frosty means covered in frost, which is a thin layer of ice that forms on surfaces when the temperature is below freezing. Air is the mixture of gases that we breathe, and bites means to cause a sharp pain with the teeth. Cheeks are the fleshy parts of the face below the eyes.

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The frigid breeze nips at exposed skin.

Meaning: This means that the cold wind outside is making your exposed skin feel cold and uncomfortable. It's like when you go outside on a cold day and your face starts to feel numb.

Choice of Words: Frigid means extremely cold, like an icy winter day. Breeze is a gentle wind. Nip means to sting or bite, like a mosquito bite. Exposed skin is any part of your body that is not covered by clothing. When you put them together, the sentence means that the very cold wind is stinging or biting at any part of your body that is not covered by clothing.

The icy wind stings my cheeks.

Meaning: This means that the cold wind outside is making my cheeks feel cold and uncomfortable. It's like when you go outside on a cold day and your face starts to feel numb.

Choice of Words: Icy means covered in ice or very cold, like an icy road. Wind is moving air, like the wind that blows through the trees. Sting means to cause a sharp pain, like when you get a paper cut. Cheeks are the fleshy parts on the sides of your face. When you put them together, the sentence means that the very cold wind is causing a sharp pain on my cheeks.

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