He heard the sound of children laughing in the distance.

Meaning: This sentence describes someone hearing children laughing from a distance.

Choice of Words: Heard means to perceive sound. Sound is something that can be heard. Laughing means making a sound expressing amusement or joy. Children are young people. Distance is the amount of space between two things. When you put them together, it means he perceived the sound of young people making a sound expressing amusement or joy from a space away from him.

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