Sunlight peeked through the leaves of the oak tree.

Meaning: The light from the sun was shining through the leaves of the big tree.

Choice of Words: Peeked means to look at something quickly or secretly. Sunlight is the light from the sun. Leaves are the green parts of a tree.

Alternative Expressions

The sun's rays peeked between the oak tree's leaves.

Meaning: This sentence also describes how the sun's light could be seen through the leaves of an oak tree, but it uses different words to describe the same thing.

Choice of Words: Sun's rays are the lines of light that come from the sun. Between means in the space that separates two things. Oak tree's leaves are the flat, green parts of an oak tree.

The sun peeked through the gaps in the oak tree's leaves.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the sun's light could be seen through the spaces between the leaves of an oak tree. It's like when you look up at the sky and see the sun shining through the holes in a leafy canopy.

Choice of Words: Gaps are spaces between things. In means inside or within something.

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