Moonbeams shimmered across the water.

Meaning: This sentence describes the faint, wavering light of the moon shining across a body of water.

Choice of Words: Moonbeams are rays of light from the moon. Shimmered means to shine with a faint, wavering light. Across indicates the direction of the moonbeams' movement. Water is a liquid that covers a large portion of the Earth's surface.

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The moonlight danced on the water.

Meaning: This means that the moonlight was shining and moving gently on the surface of the water, like someone dancing.

Choice of Words: Moonlight is the light from the moon. Danced means to move rhythmically to music. On means on top of or in contact with something. Water is a liquid that falls from the sky as rain or exists in rivers, lakes, and oceans.

The water sparkled under the moon's glow.

Meaning: This means that the moonlight was shining on the water and making it shine with lots of small, bright lights.

Choice of Words: Water is a liquid that falls from the sky as rain or exists in rivers, lakes, and oceans. Sparkled means to shine with a lot of small, bright lights. Under means below or beneath something. Moon's glow is the light from the moon.

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