Meaning: Large insects fly quickly through the tall plants.
Choice of Words: A "dragonfly" is a large, flying insect with a long body and wings, "dart" means to move quickly and suddenly, and "grasses" are plants with long, thin leaves.
Alternative Expressions
The dragonflies flitted through the long grass.
Meaning: This sentence also describes dragonflies flying quickly and suddenly through tall grass, but it uses different words to convey the same idea.
Choice of Words:Flitted means to move quickly and lightly from one place to another. Long means having a great length. Grass is a plant with long, thin leaves that grows in fields and meadows.
The dragonflies zipped through the towering grass.
Meaning: This sentence describes dragonflies flying very quickly through very tall grass.
Choice of Words:Zipped means to move very quickly. Towering means very tall. Grass is a plant with long, thin leaves that grows in fields and meadows.