Salty breeze blows my hair.

Meaning: This describes the movement of the wind and its effect on a person's hair.

Choice of Words: A "breeze" is a gentle wind. "Salty" means containing salt. "Blows" means to move air across a surface. "Hair" is the fine strands that grow on a person's head.

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The salty breeze ruffles my hair.

Meaning: This means that the wind from the ocean, which is salty, is making my hair messy.

Choice of Words: Salty means having a taste like salt, like the taste of the ocean. Breeze means a gentle wind, like the wind that blows near the ocean. Ruffles means to make something messy or untidy, like the wind can do to hair. My means belonging to me. Hair means the strands that grow out of my head. When you put them together, "The salty breeze ruffles my hair" means that the salty wind from the ocean is making my hair messy.

The ocean wind tousles my locks.

Meaning: This means that the wind from the ocean is making my hair messy.

Choice of Words: Ocean means a large body of salt water. Wind means air that is moving, like the wind that blows near the ocean. Tousles means to make something messy or untidy, like the wind can do to hair. My means belonging to me. Locks means another word for hair. When you put them together, "The ocean wind tousles my locks" means that the wind from the ocean is making my hair messy.

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