Sunsets painted sky hues bright.

Meaning: The sunset made the sky look very colorful.

Choice of Words: Sunsets are the times when the sun goes down below the horizon. Painted means to cover something with paint or color. Sky is the area above the earth that we can see. Hues are different shades or variations of a color. Bright means full of light and color.

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The sun painted the sky with bright colors.

Meaning: This means that the sun made the sky look very colorful when it was setting.

Choice of Words: The sun is a big, hot ball of fire in the sky that gives us light and warmth. The sky is the big, blue space above us. When the sun goes down in the evening, it paints the sky with beautiful colors. We say the sun "painted" the sky because it makes the sky look like a painting.

The sun turned the sky into a canvas of bright colors.

Meaning: This means that the sun made the sky look very beautiful and colorful, like a painting.

Choice of Words: A canvas is a piece of cloth that artists use to paint on. When we say the sun turned the sky into a canvas, we mean that the sun made the sky look like a painting. The bright colors are like the paint that the artist used to create the painting.

The sun splashed the sky with bright colors.

Meaning: This means that the sun made the sky look very colorful, like someone had splashed paint on it.

Choice of Words: When we say the sun splashed the sky, we mean that the sun made the sky look like it had been splashed with paint. The bright colors are like the paint that was splashed on the sky.

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