Gentle breeze rustled the autumn leaves.

Meaning: A kind and not harsh or violent gentle wind made a soft, crackling sound as it moved the flat, green parts of a tree or plant during the season of the year between summer and winter.

Choice of Words: Gentle means kind and not harsh or violent. Breeze is a gentle wind. Rustled means to make a soft, crackling sound. Autumn is the season of the year between summer and winter. Leaves are the flat, green parts of a tree or plant. The sentence describes how a kind and not harsh or violent gentle wind made a soft, crackling sound as it moved the flat, green parts of a tree or plant during the season of the year between summer and winter.

Alternative Expressions

A soft wind made a rustling sound in the fall leaves.

Meaning: This means the same thing as the first sentence, but it uses different words.

Choice of Words: Soft is another way to describe something that is gentle or kind, and wind is another word for breeze. Rustling is still the verb that means to make a soft, crackling sound. Fall is another word for autumn, and leaves are still the green parts of trees.

The wind whispered through the leaves in the autumn.

Meaning: This means that the wind made a soft, whispering sound as it moved through the leaves of the trees in the fall.

Choice of Words: Whispered is a verb that means to speak softly or quietly, and through means to move from one side of something to the other. Leaves are still the green parts of trees, and autumn is still the season between summer and winter.

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