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Clouds raced across sky.

Meaning: This means that the clouds were moving very quickly from one side of the sky to the other.

Choice of Words: Clouds are large masses of water vapor that float in the sky. Raced is the past tense of the verb 'race' which means to move very quickly. Across is a preposition that means from one side to the other.

Alternative Expressions

Clouds raced across the sky.

Meaning: This sentence describes clouds moving quickly across the sky. It's like watching a race where the clouds are the runners.

Choice of Words: Clouds are large collections of tiny water droplets or ice crystals that form in the atmosphere. Raced means to move very quickly, and across means from one side to the other. The sky is the space above the earth, where we see clouds, the sun, and the moon.

The clouds were in a hurry to get to the other side of the sky.

Meaning: This sentence describes clouds moving quickly across the sky as if they are in a hurry to reach the other side.

Choice of Words: Clouds don't actually have feelings or intentions, but we can use this phrase to describe how they appear to be moving quickly. Hurry means to move quickly because you need to get somewhere fast, and other side means the opposite side of something.

The sky was a racetrack for the clouds.

Meaning: This sentence describes clouds moving quickly across the sky as if they are race cars on a racetrack.

Choice of Words: A racetrack is a place where races are held. Clouds don't actually race, but this phrase compares the sky to a racetrack and the clouds to race cars.

Related Expressions

Clouds raced across the sky like galloping horses.
Clouds raced across the windy sky.
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Clouds raced across vast sky.
Clouds raced across blue sky.
The clouds raced across the wide-open sky.
Clouds raced across the vast sky.
The clouds raced across the sky, swift.
The clouds raced across the sky like horses in a race.
A shooting star raced across the dark sky.