The cool breeze gently blew across my face.

Meaning: The wind was blowing softly across my face.

Choice of Words: Breeze is a gentle wind. Gently means softly or lightly. Blew is the past tense of blow, which means to move air. Face is the front of the head. When you put them together, the sentence means the wind was blowing softly across my face.

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