Sleepy baby yawned widely before bedtime.

Meaning: A child who needed to sleep opened their mouth wide as a sign of tiredness before the time to go to sleep.

Choice of Words: Sleepy means feeling the need to sleep. Yawned means to open the mouth wide, usually as a sign of tiredness. Bedtime is the time when someone goes to bed.

Alternative Expressions

The tired baby opened its mouth wide and took a deep breath before it was time to go to bed.

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

Choice of Words: Tired means feeling very sleepy and wanting to sleep. Baby is a young child. Opened means to move something so that there is a space or hole. Mouth is the opening in your face that you use to eat and talk. Wide means to open something very wide. Took means to hold or carry something. Deep means going far down or into something. Breath is the air that you take in and out of your lungs when you breathe. Bedtime is the time when you go to bed to sleep.

The baby was so sleepy that it yawned a big yawn before it was time to go to bed.

Meaning: This means that the baby was very tired and took a big deep breath before it was time to go to bed.

Choice of Words: So is used to emphasize something. Sleepy means feeling very tired and wanting to sleep. Baby is a young child. Yawned means to open your mouth wide and take in a deep breath, usually when you are tired. Big means something that is large in size. Bedtime is the time when you go to bed to sleep.

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