Grains of sand trickled through tiny fingers.

Meaning: This sentence describes sand slowly falling through someone's fingers.

Choice of Words: Grains are small, individual pieces of sand. Trickled is a verb that describes the slow movement of something, like water or sand, in small drops or amounts. Tiny means very small.

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Related Expressions

• Time slipped away like grains of sand through fingers.
• The sand sparkled in the sunlight, its grains like tiny diamonds.
• Sand grains are tiny and smooth.
• Sun blazed, heat shimmered, sweat trickled.
• Sweat trickled down his face.
• Sweat trickled down her forehead like rain.
• Sweat trickled down cyclist's brow, effort of the climb.
• Sand sifts through fingers.
• Tiny grains shift.
• Tiny fingers, gentle touch of love.