The aroma of freshly baked cake tantalized their senses.

Meaning: The pleasant smell of the freshly baked cake tempted their senses, making them eager to taste it.

Choice of Words: Aroma refers to a pleasant smell, while tantalized means to tease or tempt someone with something desirable. Senses are the abilities to perceive the world through sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.

Alternative Expressions

The smell of the freshly baked cake made their noses tingle and their mouths water.

Meaning: This sentence means the same thing as the first one, but it uses different words. It's like saying, The smell of the cake was so good, it made their noses tingle and their mouths water.

Choice of Words: Smell is a more common word for aroma. Tingle means to feel a slight, prickling sensation. Water means to produce saliva in the mouth. Mouths are the openings in our faces where we eat and speak.

The cake that was just baked smelled so good, it made their noses tingle and their mouths water.

Meaning: This sentence is similar to the first two, but it adds more details to emphasize how good the cake smelled. It's like saying, The smell of the cake was so delicious, it made their noses tingle and their mouths water.

Choice of Words: Cake is mentioned again to emphasize that it's the cake that's causing the reaction. Smelled is the past tense of smell. So is used to show how much the cake smelled.

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