Flowers nodded their heads in a gentle greeting.

Meaning: The flowers seemed to be welcoming people with a gentle bobbing of their heads.

Choice of Words: Nodded means to move your head up and down slightly. Greeting is a friendly way of saying hello to someone.

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The flowers gently bobbed their heads in greeting.

Meaning: This means that the flowers were saying hello in a friendly way by moving their heads.

Choice of Words: Flowers are plants with pretty and colorful parts that bloom. Bobbed means to move up and down or side to side in a gentle way. Heads are the top parts of the flowers. Greeting is a friendly way to say hello. When you put them together, "The flowers gently bobbed their heads in greeting" means that the flowers moved their heads up and down or side to side in a gentle way as a friendly hello.

The flowers swayed their heads to say hello.

Meaning: This means that the flowers were saying hello in a friendly way by moving their heads from side to side.

Choice of Words: Flowers are plants with pretty and colorful parts that bloom. Swayed means to move gently from side to side. Heads are the top parts of the flowers. Hello is a friendly way to greet someone. When you put them together, "The flowers swayed their heads to say hello" means that the flowers moved their heads from side to side in a gentle way to say hello.

The flowers dipped their heads in a graceful greeting.

Meaning: This means that the flowers were saying hello in a friendly and elegant way by moving their heads down and then back up quickly.

Choice of Words: Flowers are plants with pretty and colorful parts that bloom. Dipped means to move down and then back up quickly. Heads are the top parts of the flowers. Greeting is a friendly way to say hello. Graceful means moving in a smooth and elegant way. When you put them together, "The flowers dipped their heads in a graceful greeting" means that the flowers moved their heads down and then back up quickly in a smooth and elegant way as a friendly hello.

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