Raindrops raced down the windowpane like tears.

Meaning: The raindrops were falling very fast on the window, just like tears fall from your eyes when you are crying.

Choice of Words: Race means to move quickly and Down means in a lower position. Like means similar to. Tears are drops of water that come from your eyes when you cry.

Alternative Expressions

The raindrops were racing down the windowpane like little tears.

Meaning: This sentence is similar to the first one, but it uses the past tense of the verb race to say that the raindrops were falling very fast in the past. It also uses the word little to describe the tears, which makes the image of the raindrops falling down the windowpane even more vivid.

Choice of Words: Were racing is the past tense of the verb race, which means to go very fast. Little means small in size. Tears are the drops of salty water that come out of your eyes when you cry.

It was as if raindrops were racing down the windowpane like tiny tears.

Meaning: This sentence uses the phrase it was as if to compare the raindrops falling down the windowpane to tiny tears. It's saying that the raindrops look very similar to tiny tears falling down someone's face.

Choice of Words: It was as if is a phrase that means something is similar to something else. Tiny means very small. Tears are the drops of salty water that come out of your eyes when you cry.

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