Ocean breeze tousled his salty hair.

Meaning: The wind from the ocean made his hair messy and salty.

Choice of Words: Tousled means to make (someone's hair) untidy or messy. Salty means tasting or containing salt. When you put them together, you get a vivid image of wind messing up someone's hair near the ocean.

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The ocean breeze ruffled his hair, which was covered in salt.

Meaning: This means that the wind from the ocean made his hair messy and untidy, and his hair was covered in salt because he had been swimming in the ocean.

Choice of Words: Ocean refers to the large body of salt water that covers much of the Earth's surface. Breeze is a gentle wind. Ruffled means to make something messy or untidy. Hair is the thin strands that grow from the scalp. Salty means tasting or containing salt. When you put them together, "The ocean breeze ruffled his hair, which was covered in salt" means that the wind from the ocean made his hair messy and untidy, and his hair was covered in salt because he had been swimming in the ocean.

The wind from the sea made his hair, which was full of salt, untidy.

Meaning: This means that the wind from the ocean made his hair messy and untidy, and his hair was full of salt because he had been swimming in the ocean.

Choice of Words: Wind is the movement of air. Sea is another word for ocean. Full means having a lot of something inside. Salt is a white substance that is used to flavor food. Untidy means not neat or tidy. When you put them together, "The wind from the sea made his hair, which was full of salt, untidy" means that the wind from the ocean made his hair messy and untidy, and his hair was full of salt because he had been swimming in the ocean.

The air moving from the big water made his hair, which was covered in the stuff that makes food taste good, messy.

Meaning: This means that the wind from the ocean made his hair messy and untidy, and his hair was full of salt because he had been swimming in the ocean.

Choice of Words: Air is the invisible gas that we breathe. Moving means changing position. Big water is another way to say ocean. Stuff is a general word for things. Makes food taste good is another way to say salt. Messy means not neat or tidy. When you put them together, "The air moving from the big water made his hair, which was covered in the stuff that makes food taste good, messy" means that the wind from the ocean made his hair messy and untidy, and his hair was covered in salt because he had been swimming in the ocean.

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