The children built sandcastles and dug holes in the sand.

Meaning: This sentence describes the children making sandcastles and holes in the sand.

Choice of Words: The word children refers to young people, and built means that they constructed something. Sandcastles are structures made of sand, and dug means that they created holes in the sand.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• They built sandcastles and dug holes in the sand.
• The children dug deep holes in the sand with their shovels.
• Spades dug deep holes in soft, wet sand.
• The children built sandcastles in the sand.
• The sandbox was filled with sand, and the children built castles and roads.
• The children laughed and built sandcastles.
• Children built sandcastles, laughing and playing.
• The children built sandcastles on the beach, laughing and playing.
• Children laughed and built sandcastles.
• Children built sandcastles at the beach.