Butterflies fluttered near fragrant flowers.

Meaning: Insects with colorful wings moved their wings quickly while being close to flowers with a nice smell.

Choice of Words: Butterflies are flying insects, fluttered is a verb meaning to move wings quickly, near means close to, and fragrant means having a pleasant smell. This sentence creates a picture of butterflies flying near flowers that smell good.

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The butterflies danced gracefully around the sweet-smelling flowers.

Meaning: This sentence describes butterflies flying around flowers that have a nice smell. It's like saying, The butterflies were flying around the flowers that smelled really good, and they were moving in a graceful and elegant way.

Choice of Words: Danced is a more poetic way to describe the movement of the butterflies, suggesting that they are moving in a graceful and elegant way. Gracefully means moving in a smooth and elegant way. Sweet-smelling means having a pleasant smell. Flowers are the colorful, often fragrant parts of plants that attract insects and help them reproduce.

The delicate butterflies fluttered their wings near the fragrant blossoms.

Meaning: This sentence describes butterflies flying around flowers that have a nice smell. It's like saying, The delicate butterflies were flying around the flowers that smelled really good, and they were moving their wings in a quick and light way.

Choice of Words: Delicate means fragile or delicate, suggesting that the butterflies are delicate and beautiful. Fluttered means to move or fly with quick, light movements. Wings are the parts of a bird, insect, or bat that allow it to fly. Fragrant means having a pleasant smell. Blossoms are the flowers of a plant.

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