Microphone held high, she sang her heart out.

Meaning: She performed powerfully and passionately.

Choice of Words: Microphone is the tool used to amplify the singer's voice. Held high shows the singer's enthusiasm and confidence. Sang her heart out is an idiom meaning she sang with all her energy and emotion.

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Microphone in hand, she belted out a song.

Meaning: This means that she was singing very loudly and powerfully, with the microphone in her hand.

Choice of Words: Microphone is a device that converts sound into an electrical signal, in hand means to have something in your hand or grip, belted means to sing loudly and powerfully, and song means a piece of music with lyrics. When you put them together, it means that she was singing loudly and powerfully into a microphone that she was holding in her hand.

With the microphone in her grasp, she sang with all her might.

Meaning: This means that she was singing very loudly and powerfully, with the microphone in her hand.

Choice of Words: Microphone is a device that converts sound into an electrical signal, in grasp means to have something in your hand or grip, sang means to produce musical sounds with your voice, and with all her might means to do something with all of your strength and effort. When you put them together, it means that she was singing into a microphone that she was holding in her hand, and she was singing with all of her strength and effort.

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