Laughter echoed through the room, spreading joy.

Meaning: People were laughing, and their happiness filled the room.

Choice of Words: Laughter is the act of making a sound that shows you are amused or happy. Echoed means to repeat or imitate a sound. Room is a space within a building or vehicle. Spreading means to cause something to become more widely known or accepted. Joy is a feeling of great pleasure or happiness.

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The room was filled with laughter, which spread joy.

Meaning: This means the room was full of people laughing, and the sound of their laughter caused a feeling of great happiness to spread among the people in the room.

Choice of Words: The is a definite article, room is an enclosed space, was is a verb, filled means to make something full, with means together with or accompanied by, laughter is the sound of amusement, which is a relative pronoun, spread means to cause something to move over a wide area, joy is a feeling of great happiness. When you put them together, "The room was filled with laughter, which spread joy" means the enclosed space was made full with the sound of amusement, which caused a feeling of great happiness to spread.

Laughter filled the room, spreading joy throughout.

Meaning: This means the sound of people laughing filled the room, and the sound of their laughter caused a feeling of great happiness to spread in or through every part of the room.

Choice of Words: Laughter is the sound of amusement, filled means to make something full, the is a definite article, room is an enclosed space, spreading means to cause something to move over a wide area, joy is a feeling of great happiness, throughout means in or through every part of something. When you put them together, "Laughter filled the room, spreading joy throughout" means the sound of amusement made the enclosed space full, causing a feeling of great happiness to spread in or through every part of the enclosed space.

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