Her stomach was full.

Meaning: This sentence describes a female subject whose stomach is filled with food.

Choice of Words: Her is a possessive pronoun that indicates something belongs to a female subject. Stomach is a noun that refers to the organ in the digestive system that holds food. Was is the past tense of the verb be, which describes a state of existence. Full is an adjective that describes something as being filled to capacity.

Alternative Expressions

She had eaten enough.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, that the person is no longer hungry.

Choice of Words: Eaten is the past tense of the verb eat, which means to put food into your mouth and swallow it. Enough means that you have had as much as you need or want. When you put them together, "She had eaten enough" means that the person has eaten as much as they need and is no longer hungry.

She was satisfied.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences, that the person is no longer hungry and is happy with the amount of food they have eaten.

Choice of Words: Satisfied means that you are happy and content with something, in this case, the amount of food you have eaten. When you say "She was satisfied," you mean that the person is no longer hungry and is happy with the amount of food they have eaten.

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