Parents hunted for food at night.

Meaning: This sentence tells us that the mother and father owls went out to find food for their babies during the night.

Choice of Words: Parents are the mother and father of a child. Hunted means to search for and catch animals for food. Night is the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

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Parents searched for food at night.

Meaning: This means that the parents were trying to find something to eat when it was dark outside. It's like saying, The parents were looking for food when it was dark outside.

Choice of Words: Searched means to look carefully for something. Food is anything that people or animals eat. Night is the time when it is dark outside. When you put them together, "Parents searched for food at night" means that the parents were looking carefully for something to eat when it was dark outside.

The parents went hunting for food at nighttime.

Meaning: This means that the parents went out to find and kill animals for food when it was dark outside. It's like saying, The parents went out to look for animals to eat when it was dark outside.

Choice of Words: Hunting means to search for and kill animals for food. Nighttime is the time when it is dark outside. When you put them together, "The parents went hunting for food at nighttime" means that the parents went out to look for and kill animals for food when it was dark outside.

The folks scoured the land for sustenance after the sun had set.

Meaning: This means that the parents searched carefully and thoroughly the ground on which we live for food or nourishment when it was dark outside. It's like saying, The parents looked everywhere for food when it was dark outside.

Choice of Words: Folks is another word for parents. Scoured means to search carefully and thoroughly. Land is the ground on which we live. Sustenance is food or nourishment. After the sun had set means when it is dark outside. When you put them together, "The folks scoured the land for sustenance after the sun had set" means that the parents searched carefully and thoroughly the ground on which we live for food or nourishment when it was dark outside.

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