Butterflies fluttered around the blooming flowers.

Meaning: Butterflies were flying near the flowers that had opened.

Choice of Words: Butterflies are flying insects with colorful wings. Fluttered means to move wings quickly. Blooming means opening and producing flowers.

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The butterflies danced gracefully through the air.

Meaning: This sentence is describing how butterflies are flying and moving through the air in a beautiful and graceful way.

Choice of Words: Danced means to move your body in a graceful or rhythmic way. Gracefully means to move in a beautiful and elegant way. Through means moving from one side to the other of something.

The delicate wings of the butterflies shimmered in the sunlight.

Meaning: This sentence is describing how the thin and fragile wings of butterflies are shining with a soft, gentle light from the sun.

Choice of Words: Delicate means thin and fragile. Wings are what butterflies use to fly. Shimmered means to shine with a soft, gentle light. Sunlight is the light and heat that comes from the sun.

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