The raindrops played hide-and-seek with the windowpane.
Meaning: The raindrops appeared and disappeared on the windowpane, as if they were playing a game of hide-and-seek with it.
Choice of Words: Hide-and-seek is a game where one person hides and the other tries to find them. Played suggests an activity or game. Windowpane is the glass pane of a window. This sentence personifies the raindrops, giving them the ability to play games with the windowpane.
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