Wind blew, leaves rustled, trees swayed.

Meaning: This sentence depicts the gentle movement of wind through trees and leaves.

Choice of Words: Wind is the movement of air, blew means to move air in a current, leaves are the flat, green parts of a tree, rustled means to make a soft, crackling sound, trees are large woody plants, and swayed means to move gently back and forth.

Alternative Expressions

The wind blew through the trees, making the leaves rustle and the branches sway.

Meaning: This sentence is also describing what happened when the wind blew. The wind moved through the trees, causing the leaves to make a rustling sound and the branches to move back and forth.

Choice of Words: The is used to show that we are talking about a specific wind. Through means that the wind moved through the trees. Making means that the wind caused the leaves to rustle and the branches to sway. Rustle is the sound that the leaves made when the wind moved them. Branches are the parts of the tree that grow out from the trunk. Sway means that the branches moved back and forth in the wind.

A gentle breeze blew through the trees, causing the leaves to dance and the branches to sway gracefully.

Meaning: This sentence is describing what happened when a gentle breeze blew through the trees. The breeze caused the leaves to move in a dancing motion and the branches to sway in a graceful way.

Choice of Words: A is used to show that we are talking about a specific breeze. Gentle means that the breeze was not strong. Dance is used to describe the way that the leaves moved in the breeze. Gracefully means that the branches moved in a beautiful way.

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