Sandcastles crumbled as tide rushed in.

Meaning: This means the structures made of sand, usually built by children at the beach, broke into small pieces at the same time as the regular rise and fall of the sea level moved very quickly.

Choice of Words: Sandcastles are structures made of sand, usually built by children at the beach. Crumbled means to break into small pieces. As means at the same time as. Tide is the regular rise and fall of the sea level. Rushed means to move very quickly.

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The incoming tide destroyed the sandcastles.

Meaning: This means that the sandcastles that were built on the beach were destroyed by the incoming tide.

Choice of Words: Incoming means something that is coming towards you or arriving. Tide is the rising and falling of the ocean water, which is caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun. Destroyed means to ruin or damage something so badly that it cannot be used or repaired. Sandcastles are structures built from wet sand, usually by children playing on the beach. When you put them together, this sentence describes how the sandcastles that were built on the beach were destroyed by the incoming tide.

The tide washed away the sandcastles.

Meaning: This means that the sandcastles that were built on the beach were destroyed by the incoming tide.

Choice of Words: Tide is the rising and falling of the ocean water, which is caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun. Washed means to clean something with water or to carry something away with water. Away means to create distance from the current location or to move from the speaker. Sandcastles are structures built from wet sand, usually by children playing on the beach. When you put them together, this sentence describes how the sandcastles that were built on the beach were destroyed by the incoming tide.

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