She dried her hands with a towel.

Meaning: She used a piece of cloth to remove the water from her hands.

Choice of Words: Dried means to remove moisture from something. Towel is a piece of cloth or paper used for wiping or drying.

Alternative Expressions

The girl made her hands dry using a towel.

Meaning: This sentence means the same as the first sentence, but it uses different words to describe the same action.

Choice of Words: Girl is another word for a young woman. Made means to cause something to happen. Her refers to the girl in the sentence. Hands are the part of the body you use to hold things. Dry means not wet. Using shows that she used something to make her hands dry. A means one. Towel is a piece of cloth that you use to dry yourself after washing.

After washing her hands, the girl used a towel to remove the water.

Meaning: This sentence means the same as the first two sentences, but it uses more words to describe the same action.

Choice of Words: After means something happened before something else. Washing means to clean something with water. Her refers to the girl in the sentence. Hands are the part of the body you use to hold things. The means a specific one. Towel is a piece of cloth that you use to dry yourself after washing. Remove means to take something away. Water is a liquid that falls from the sky as rain or is found in rivers and lakes.

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