Hummingbirds darted through the air with grace.

Meaning: This sentence describes the hummingbirds flying through the air. The hummingbirds are moving quickly and suddenly, and they are flying in a graceful and elegant manner.

Choice of Words: Hummingbirds are small birds with long, thin beaks. Darted means to move quickly and suddenly. Through means from one side of something to the other. Air is the mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth. Grace means elegance and beauty of movement. This sentence describes the hummingbirds flying through the air in a graceful and elegant manner.

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The hummingbirds flitted through the air with ease.

Meaning: This sentence also describes the way hummingbirds fly. It says that they fly quickly and easily, and that they look graceful when they do it.

Choice of Words: Flitted means to move quickly and lightly from one place to another. Ease means to do something without difficulty. When you put them together, "The hummingbirds flitted through the air with ease" means that the hummingbirds were flying through the air in a quick, light, and easy way.

The hummingbirds zipped through the air like tiny rockets.

Meaning: This sentence compares the way hummingbirds fly to the way rockets fly. It says that hummingbirds fly very quickly, like rockets.

Choice of Words: Zipped means to move very quickly. Rockets are vehicles that can travel through the air at very high speeds. When you put them together, "The hummingbirds zipped through the air like tiny rockets" means that the hummingbirds were flying through the air very quickly, like tiny rockets.

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