Animals scurried bushes quickly.

Meaning: This sentence describes how animals move quickly through the bushes.

Choice of Words: Animals are living things that can move and eat. Scurried means to move quickly and lightly. Bushes are thick groups of shrubs or small trees. Quickly means at a high speed or in a short amount of time.

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The animals scampered through the bushes with great haste.

Meaning: This means that the animals were moving through the bushes very quickly. It's like saying, The animals were running and hiding through the bushes.

Choice of Words: Animals is a general term for any living creature that is not a plant. Scampered means to move quickly and in a hurried manner. Through means to move from one side of something to the other. Bushes are small trees or shrubs. With great haste means to move with a lot of speed or hurry. When you put them together, "The animals scampered through the bushes with great haste" means that the animals were moving quickly and in a hurried manner through the bushes.

The creatures dashed past the bushes at a rapid pace.

Meaning: This means that the creatures were moving past the bushes very quickly. It's like saying, The creatures were running and hiding past the bushes.

Choice of Words: Creatures is a general term for any living thing. Dashed means to move very quickly. Past means to move by or beyond something. Bushes are small trees or shrubs. At a rapid pace means to move very quickly. When you put them together, "The creatures dashed past the bushes at a rapid pace" means that the creatures were moving very quickly past the bushes.

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