Birds flew to their nests, seeking shelter from the rain.

Meaning: Birds moved through the air using their wings to get to the structures they built to lay their eggs and raise their young because they wanted to protect themselves from the rain.

Choice of Words: Birds are warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight skeleton. Flew means to move through the air using wings. Nests are structures built by birds to lay their eggs and raise their young. Seeking means to try to find something.

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Related Expressions

• Birds flew low, seeking shelter from rain.
• The birds flew away, seeking shelter from the rain.
• Birds flew, seeking shelter from rain.
• Birds flew low, seeking shelter from the storm.
• Birds flew low, seeking shelter.
• Birds flew away, seeking shelter.
• Birds flew, seeking shelter.
• Birds flew home, seeking nests.
• Birds flew high, seeking nests.
• Birds took shelter, seeking refuge from the rain's assault.