The seeker paused, sensing something amiss.

Meaning: This sentence is describing how someone who is searching for someone or something stops because they feel that something is wrong.

Choice of Words: Seeker is a person who is trying to find someone or something. Paused means to stop for a moment. Sensing means to feel or become aware of something. Amiss means wrong or out of place.

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The hunter stopped, feeling that something was wrong.

Meaning: This means that the person who hunts animals stopped because they felt that something was not right.

Choice of Words: Hunter means a person who hunts animals. Stopped means to come to a halt. Feeling means to experience a sensation or emotion. Wrong means something is incorrect or not as it should be. When you put them together, "The hunter stopped, feeling that something was wrong" means that the person who hunts animals came to a halt because they felt that something was not right.

The explorer halted, detecting that something was out of place.

Meaning: This means that the person who travels to new places to learn about them stopped because they became aware that something was not where it should be.

Choice of Words: Explorer means a person who travels to new places to learn about them. Halted means to come to a complete stop. Detecting means to become aware of something using your senses. Out of place means something is not where it should be. When you put them together, "The explorer halted, detecting that something was out of place" means that the person who travels to new places to learn about them came to a complete stop because they became aware that something was not where it should be.

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