With each step, I crushed the brittle leaves beneath my feet.

Meaning: The sentence describes the act of walking on fallen leaves, creating a crunching sound.

Choice of Words: Step means to move forward by lifting and placing one foot in front of the other. Crushed means to break or damage something by pressing or squeezing it. Brittle means easily broken or damaged. Beneath means under or below something.

Alternative Expressions

As I walked, I stepped on the dry leaves and broke them.

Meaning: This sentence means that while I was walking, I put my feet on the dry leaves and caused them to break.

Choice of Words: As means at the same time as something else. Walked is the act of moving by putting one foot in front of the other. Stepped is to put one's foot down on something. On means in or at a particular place or position. Dry means not wet or moist. Leaves are the flat, green parts of a plant that grow from the stems. Broke means to damage or destroy something by separating it into pieces.

I crunched the crispy leaves under my shoes with every stride.

Meaning: This sentence means that with each long step I took, I made a loud, crackling sound by stepping on the dry and brittle leaves that were under my shoes.

Choice of Words: Crunched means to make a loud, crackling sound by stepping on something. Crispy means dry and brittle. Leaves are the flat, green parts of a plant that grow from the stems. Under means below or beneath something else. Shoes are footwear worn on the feet. With means in conjunction with or accompanying something else. Every means each one of a group of things. Stride is a long step taken while walking.

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