Cloud floated across the sky.

Meaning: This sentence describes what the cloud was doing and where it was doing it. It tells us that the cloud was moving smoothly and gently through the air from one side to the other of the upper part of the atmosphere that we can see.

Choice of Words: Floated means to move smoothly and gently through the air or water. Across means from one side to the other. Sky is the upper part of the atmosphere that we can see. When you put them together, it means that the cloud moved smoothly and gently through the air from one side to the other of the upper part of the atmosphere that we can see.

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