Salty air fills my lungs as I breathe deeply.

Meaning: I can taste the salt in the air as I take a deep breath.

Choice of Words: Salty means tasting or containing salt. Air is the mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth. Fills means to make something full. Lungs are the organs in your chest that you use to breathe. Breathe means to take air into and out of your lungs.

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The ocean breeze carries the salty scent to my nose.

Meaning: This means that the wind from the ocean is blowing the salty smell of the ocean to my nose. I can smell the ocean because the wind is carrying the salty smell to me.

Choice of Words: Ocean is a big body of salt water. Breeze is a gentle wind. Carry means to move something from one place to another. Salty means having a strong taste like the ocean. Scent is a smell. Nose is the part of your face that you use to smell.

I can smell the salty ocean air.

Meaning: This means that I can use my nose to sense the salty smell of the ocean in the air. The salty smell is coming from the ocean.

Choice of Words: Smell means to use your nose to sense something in the air. Salty means having a strong taste like the ocean. Ocean is a big body of salt water. Air is the invisible gas we breathe.

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