Butterflies fluttered, wings painted bright.

Meaning: This sentence describes the butterflies flying as being like people fluttering their brightly painted wings.

Choice of Words: Butterflies are insects with colorful wings. Fluttered is a verb that describes the way butterflies move their wings. Wings are the appendages that allow birds and insects to fly. Painted is a verb that describes the process of applying paint to a surface. Bright means full of light. In this sentence, the butterflies are personified as people who are fluttering their brightly painted wings.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Butterflies fluttered by with painted wings.
• Butterflies fluttered, wings painted.
• Butterflies fluttered their painted wings in the gentle breeze.
• Butterflies fluttered by, their wings like painted sails.
• Butterflies fluttered like painted wings.
• Butterflies fluttered, their wings like painted masterpieces.
• Butterflies fluttered their colorful wings.
• Butterflies fluttered wings, dancing in sky.
• Butterflies fluttered their wings in the garden.
• Butterflies fluttered their wings like delicate flowers in the breeze.