Waves crashed, sea roared, storm raged.

Meaning: This sentence describes the power and fury of a storm. The waves crashed against the shore, the sea roared, and the storm raged.

Choice of Words: Crashed means to make a loud, sudden noise. Roared means to make a loud, deep sound. Raged means to be very angry or violent. These words create a vivid image of a powerful storm at sea.

Alternative Expressions

The waves crashed against the shore with a loud roar, as the storm raged on.

Meaning: This sentence is similar to the first one, but it provides more detail about the storm. We learn that the waves are crashing against the shore, and that the storm is still raging.

Choice of Words: The waves are the subject of the sentence, and crashed is the verb. Against the shore tells us where the waves crashed. With a loud roar tells us how the waves crashed. As the storm raged on tells us what else was happening at the same time as the waves were crashing.

The storm was raging, and the waves were crashing against the shore with a loud roar.

Meaning: This sentence is similar to the second one, but it changes the order of the clauses. We still learn that the storm is raging and that the waves are crashing against the shore, but we learn about the storm first.

Choice of Words: The storm is the subject of the sentence, and was raging is the verb. And connects the two clauses in the sentence. The waves are the subject of the second clause, and were crashing is the verb. Against the shore tells us where the waves were crashing. With a loud roar tells us how the waves were crashing.

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