Meaning: Frogs were searching for food because they were hungry.
Choice of Words: Hungry: feeling a need to eat. Hopped: moved with quick jumps. Food: something eaten to provide nourishment.
Alternative Expressions
The famished frogs leapt for sustenance.
Meaning: This sentence also tells us that the frogs were hungry and they were trying to find something to eat, but it uses more fancy words to say it. It's like saying, The frogs were so hungry, they were jumping all over the place with great force looking for food.
Choice of Words:Famished means very hungry. Leapt means to jump or spring with great force. Sustenance is food or nourishment. When you put them together, "The famished frogs leapt for sustenance" tells us that the frogs were very hungry and they were jumping with great force to find something to eat.
Ravenous amphibians leaped in search of nourishment.
Meaning: This sentence is similar to the other two sentences, but it uses even fancier words to say that the frogs were hungry and they were trying to find something to eat. It's like saying, The frogs were so hungry, they were jumping all over the place looking for food.
Choice of Words:Ravenous means extremely hungry. Amphibians are animals that can live both in water and on land, like frogs. Nourishment is food or nutrients. When you put them together, "Ravenous amphibians leaped in search of nourishment" tells us that the frogs were extremely hungry and they were jumping around looking for food.