Hummingbirds sipped nectar, a sweet delight.

Meaning: The hummingbirds enjoyed drinking the sweet liquid from the flowers.

Choice of Words: Hummingbirds are small birds with long, thin beaks, and sip means to drink a small amount of liquid. Nectar is a sweet liquid produced by flowers, and delight means something that gives great pleasure.

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The tiny birds drank the sugary liquid from the flowers.

Meaning: This sentence is also about hummingbirds drinking nectar from flowers, but it uses different words to describe the hummingbirds and the nectar.

Choice of Words: The hummingbirds are small, so they are called tiny birds. They are drinking the nectar, which is a sugary liquid that flowers make.

With their long beaks, the hummingbirds sucked up the sweet juice from the blossoms.

Meaning: This sentence is still about hummingbirds drinking nectar from flowers, but it uses even more different words to describe the hummingbirds, the nectar, and the flowers.

Choice of Words: The hummingbirds have long beaks, which they use to suck up the nectar from the flowers. The nectar is a sweet juice that the flowers make.

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