Butterfly flitted flower to flower.

Meaning: This means the butterfly moved quickly and lightly from one flower to another.

Choice of Words: Flitted means moved quickly and lightly from one place to another. Butterfly is a flying insect with large, colorful wings. Flower is the part of a plant that produces seeds and has bright colors and a sweet smell. The butterfly moved quickly and lightly from one flower to another.

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The butterfly fluttered from flower to flower.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the butterfly is flying from one flower to another, visiting each one.

Choice of Words: Fluttered is a verb that means to move with quick, light movements, like the way a butterfly flies. Flower is a noun that refers to the colorful part of a plant that produces seeds. When we say "from flower to flower," we mean that the butterfly is moving from one flower to another.

The butterfly danced among the flowers.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the butterfly is flying around and between the flowers, moving in a graceful and rhythmic way.

Choice of Words: Danced is a verb that means to move in a graceful and rhythmic way, like the way a butterfly flies. Among means in the middle of or surrounded by something. Flowers is a noun that refers to the colorful part of a plant that produces seeds. When we say "among the flowers," we mean that the butterfly is flying around and between the flowers.

The butterfly flitted through the meadow.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the butterfly is flying across the meadow, moving quickly and lightly.

Choice of Words: Flitted is a verb that means to move quickly and lightly, like the way a butterfly flies. Through means moving from one side of something to the other. Meadow is a noun that refers to a field of grass and flowers. When we say "through the meadow," we mean that the butterfly is flying across the meadow.

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