The sailor sailed across the vast ocean.

Meaning: There was a person who works on a ship traveling on water in a boat with sails from one side to the other of a very large body of salt water.

Choice of Words: A sailor is a person who works on a ship. Sail is a verb meaning to travel on water in a boat with sails. Across means from one side to the other. Vast means very large in size or extent. Ocean is a large body of salt water. The sailor in the sentence is sailing across the vast ocean.

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