She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, trying to relax.

Meaning: This means to make an effort to become less tense or stressed.

Choice of Words: Relax means to become less tense or stressed. Deep means to a great extent or degree. When you say "trying to relax", you're describing an attempt to become less tense or stressed.

Alternative Expressions

She inhaled deeply and shut her eyelids, attempting to de-stress.

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

Choice of Words: Inhaled means to breathe in. Deeply means to breathe in a lot of air. Shut means to close something. Eyelids are the things that cover your eyes when you close them. Attempting means to try to do something. De-stress means to make yourself feel less stressed.

She filled her lungs with air and covered her peepers, endeavoring to unwind.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences, but it uses even more different words to describe the same actions.

Choice of Words: Filled means to make something full. Lungs are the organs in your chest that you use to breathe. Covered means to put something over something else. Peepers is a fun word for eyes. Endeavoring means to try very hard to do something. Unwind means to relax.

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