Clouds drifted, painting sky with cotton balls.

Meaning: Clouds moved slowly across the sky, looking like soft, white cotton balls.

Choice of Words: Clouds are visible masses of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere, drifted means to move slowly and smoothly in the air or water, painting means to create a picture or design using paint or other materials, sky is the expanse of air and space above the Earth, and cotton balls are soft, fluffy balls made of cotton.

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