Power lines snapped, leaving homes dark.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the wires that carry electricity broke, causing homes to lose power and become dark.

Choice of Words: Power lines are the wires that carry electricity, snapped means to break suddenly, leaving means to go away from a place, and homes are the places where people live.

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• Power lines snapped, causing widespread blackouts.
• Power lines snapped, lights out.
• Storm raged, trees fell, power lines snapped.
• Power lines snapped and sparked.
• Power lines down everywhere.
• The power went out, leaving us in darkness.
• The power went out, leaving the neighborhood in darkness.
• The hungry crocodile snapped its jaws hungrily.
• The hungry crocodile snapped its powerful jaws at the fish.
• The lobster's claws snapped as it caught a small fish.