Wind rustled leaves gently in trees.

Meaning: The sentence describes the wind making a soft, crackling sound in the leaves of trees in a gentle manner.

Choice of Words: Wind is moving air, rustled means made a soft, crackling sound, leaves are the green things on a tree, gently means in a soft and careful way, and in means located within something. When you put them together, the sentence means that moving air made a soft, crackling sound in the green things on a tree in a soft and careful way.

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