Sunlight peeked through leafy branches.

Meaning: This sentence describes sunlight coming through the branches of a tree. It's like saying, The sunlight passed through the branches with leaves.

Choice of Words: Peeked means to look quickly or furtively at something. Through means passing from one side to the other of something. Leafy branches are branches with many leaves. When you put them together, you can imagine sunlight passing through the branches with leaves.

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Sunlight filtered through the lush foliage.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the light from the sun passed through the thick, green leaves of a forest.

Choice of Words: Sunlight refers to the light and heat that comes from the sun. Filtered means to pass through something, like water passing through a filter. Lush means rich and abundant, like a forest with lots of green plants. Foliage refers to the leaves and other green parts of plants.

Sunbeams pierced the verdant canopy.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the rays of sunlight passed through the thick, green leaves at the top of a forest.

Choice of Words: Sunbeams are rays of light from the sun. Pierced means to go through something, like a needle piercing through cloth. Verdant means green and lush, like a field of grass. Canopy refers to the top layer of leaves in a forest.

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