Clouds drift by like cotton balls so white.

Meaning: The clouds move slowly and smoothly past the bird, looking like soft, fluffy white cotton balls.

Choice of Words: Clouds are visible masses of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere, drift means to move slowly and smoothly in a particular direction, by means past or near something, cotton balls are soft, fluffy balls of cotton, and so white means very white.

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• Clouds drift like cotton balls.
• Clouds drift, like cotton balls.
• Fluffy clouds drift lazily across the sky, like cotton balls.
• Fluffy clouds drift like cotton balls.
• Clouds drift lazily across the sky, like cotton balls in the wind.
• The clouds drift slowly, like cotton balls in the wind.
• The white clouds looked like cotton balls.
• White clouds dotted the sky like fluffy cotton balls.
• White clouds float, like cotton balls so light.
• White clouds float sky like cotton balls.