The aroma of freshly baked cookies filled the air.

Meaning: This means the air was filled with the pleasant smell of cookies that had just been baked.

Choice of Words: Aroma is a pleasant smell, especially one associated with food. Freshly means recently made or done. Baked means cooked in an oven.

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The delicious scent of freshly baked cookies permeated the atmosphere.

Meaning: This sentence also describes the pleasant smell of freshly baked cookies spreading throughout the air, but it uses different words to emphasize the deliciousness of the smell.

Choice of Words: Delicious means very tasty or pleasing to the taste. Scent is another word for smell, especially a pleasant one. Permeated means to spread or fill something with something else.

The tantalizing fragrance of freshly baked cookies wafted through the air.

Meaning: This sentence describes the tempting smell of freshly baked cookies gently spreading through the air, suggesting that the smell is so good that it is hard to resist.

Choice of Words: Tantalizing means very tempting or attractive. Fragrance is a pleasant smell, especially from flowers or perfume. Wafted means to move gently through the air.

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