The girl happily played with her new doll.

Meaning: The girl engaged in an enjoyable activity with her new human-like toy.

Choice of Words: Happily means in a joyful and contented manner. Played means engaged in an activity for enjoyment or recreation. Doll is a toy figure representing a human being.

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The child gleefully engaged in play with her recently acquired toy.

Meaning: This sentence describes a child who is having a lot of fun playing with a new toy that she has just gotten.

Choice of Words: The child is the one who is playing. Gleefully means that she is very happy and excited while she plays. Engaged means that she is fully involved in the activity. Play is the activity that the child is doing. With shows that the child is using the toy in her play. Recently acquired means that the toy has been obtained not long ago.

The young lady was overjoyed as she immersed herself in the world of her novel plaything.

Meaning: This sentence describes a young lady who is having a wonderful time playing with a new and exciting toy.

Choice of Words: The young lady is the one who is playing. Overjoyed means that she is very happy and excited. Immersed means that she is completely involved in the activity. World is used to describe the setting of the play. Novel means that the plaything is new and different. Plaything is the object that the young lady is playing with.

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