Clouds floated sky like cotton balls.

Meaning: This sentence describes clouds moving through the sky that look like cotton balls.

Choice of Words: Clouds are visible masses of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. Floated means to move smoothly and effortlessly through a liquid or gas. Sky is the area above the earth that we see. Like is used to compare two things. Cotton balls are soft, fluffy balls made of cotton. So, when clouds floated the sky like cotton balls, it means that the clouds were moving smoothly and effortlessly through the sky, and they looked like cotton balls.

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• The clouds floated across the sky like cotton balls.
• The clouds floated like cotton balls in the sky.
• Fluffy clouds floated like cotton balls in the sky.
• Clouds floated through sky like cotton balls.
• Fluffy clouds floated in the sky like cotton balls.
• Clouds floated across the sky like fluffy cotton balls.
• Clouds floated like cotton balls.
• Fluffy clouds floated like cotton balls.
• The clouds drifted lazily across the sky, like cotton balls.
• Clouds float across sky like cotton balls.