The sand sparkled in the sunlight, its grains like tiny diamonds.

Meaning: The sand shone and glittered in the sunlight, and the small pieces of sand looked like tiny diamonds.

Choice of Words: Sparkled means to shine or glitter. Sunlight is the light from the sun. Grains are small, hard particles of a substance. Tiny means very small. Diamonds are precious stones that are very hard and valuable.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Grains of sand trickled through tiny fingers.
• Sand grains are tiny and smooth.
• Time slipped away like grains of sand through fingers.
• Sunlight sparkled on water like tiny diamonds.
• Sand sparkled like diamonds on the beach.
• Tiny grains shift.
• Dewdrops sparkled like tiny diamonds.
• Dewdrops sparkled like tiny diamonds on the grass.
• Dewdrops sparkled like tiny diamonds on petals.
• Raindrops sparkled like tiny diamonds.