The sea was like a rippling blanket of brochure-blue.

Squabbling seagulls flew overhead,

harassing the beachgoers in their endless hunger. Gannets were dive-bombing the stretched
surface of the sea far out from shore. The horizon was edged with a silver tint and a
cormorant was flying into that place where sun and water meet. His wings were a blur of
motion and he soon faded from sight.

Sunset is the time of day when our sky meets the outer space solar winds. There are blue,
pink, and purple swirls, spinning and twisting, like clouds of balloons caught in a blender.
The sun moves slowly to hide behind the line of horizon, while the moon races to take its
place in prominence atop the night sky. People slow to a crawl, entranced, fully forgetting
the deeds that still must be done. There is a coolness, a calmness, when the sun does set.

“It was a cold grey day in late November. The weather had changed overnight, when a
backing wind brought a granite sky and a mizzling rain with it, and although it was now only
a little after two o'clock in the afternoon the pallor of a winter evening seemed to have closed
upon the hills, cloaking them in mist.”

Sunset is the time of day when our sky meets the outer space solar winds. There are ………..
Supportive phrases:
- The sun moves slowly to hide behind the line of horizon
- the moon races to take its place

- There is a coolness, a calmness

- The sunset filled the entire sky with the deep color of rubies, setting the clouds ablaze.

- deep color of rubies

- The waves crashed and danced

- reflecting it back as a perfect, deep, dark mirror.

- The wind brought a granite sky

- The horizon was a line of nickel-silver

- The sky was like a curtain of silk.

- The sea was jewel-blue.

- Stars of the night sky: flashing: flickering: gleaming: glinting: glittering

- Sky colour/shape:

The unending, brochure-blue sky. - A dome of cocktail-blue.

The endless, jewel-blue sky. - A shrine of crystal-blue.

- A vault of neon-blue.
Sensory Words
Keep the following lists of words to help you improve your writing. Using sensory
words can help you provide more details and examples in your writing.
SOUND WORDS
Hanging croaking laughing ringing tinkling
Barking crunching moaning rumbling thudding
Bawling crying mooing rustling thumping
Blaring dripping mumbling scratching ticking
Booming exploding muttering screaming twittering
Buzzing fizzing noisy screeching warbling
Chattering gagging peeping singing wheezing
Chiming gasping piercing slamming whimpering
Chirping giggling pinging shouting whining
Clanging grating plopping silent whispering
Clicking grunting quacking snoring whooping
Clinking gurgling quiet splashing
Cooing hissing rapping squawking
Coughing honking rasping stuttering
Crackling jangling riming tearing
TOUCH WORDS
Cushioned hairy pocked soapy tough
Damp heavy pointed soft velvety
Downy hot pulpy sopping warm
Drenched humid rocky soupy waxy

TASTE AND SMELL WORDS

Acid doughy minty rank sweaty
Acidic earthy moist raw sweet
Acrid floury moldy rich tangy
Alkaline flowery musky rotten tasteless
Aromatic fresh musty salty tough
Biting fruity oily scented vile
Bitter garlicky perfumed sharp vinegary
Bland hearty pickled sour
Burnt hot piney spicy
Buttery lemony plastic spoiled
Cold medicinal pungent stagnant

SIGHT WORDS
Abrasive feathery knobbed sandy spongy
Biting fine lacy scalding steamy
Boiling fluffy leathery scorching steely
Bubbly foamy light scratchy sticky
Bulky freezing lukewarm scummy stifled
Bumpy furry matted shaggy stinging
Burning fuzzy metallic sharp stony
Bushy glassy moist silky stubby
Clammy gluey mushy slimy tangled
Coarse grainy numbing slippery tender
Cool greasy oily sloppy tepid
Cottony gritty piercing smooth thick
Crisp gushy plastic smothering tickling
Cushioned hairy pocked soapy tough
Damp heavy pointed soft velvety
Downy hot pulpy sopping warm
Drenched humid rocky soupy waxy