Bees buzzed busily around the hive.

Meaning: This sentence describes the sound made by bees as they work actively around their hive.

Choice of Words: Bees are insects that produce honey. Buzzed means to make a low, continuous humming sound. Busily means in a busy and active manner. Hive is a structure where bees live and produce honey.

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The bees were buzzing around the hive with great activity.

Meaning: This sentence means that the bees were flying around their hive and making a buzzing sound as they worked very hard.

Choice of Words: The bees are the subject of the sentence, and were buzzing is the verb. Around tells us where the bees were buzzing, and the hive tells us what they were buzzing around. With great activity is an adverbial phrase that tells us how the bees were buzzing.

The industrious bees buzzed around their hive.

Meaning: This sentence means that the bees were flying around their hive and making a buzzing sound as they worked hard.

Choice of Words: The industrious bees is a noun phrase that describes the bees. Industrious means that the bees are hard-working. Buzzed is the verb, and around and their hive tell us where the bees were buzzing.

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