Meaning: Birds that are feeling hungry were flying above the field of grass.
Choice of Words: Hungry: feeling a need for food. Meadow: an area of grassy land. Sky: the area above the earth.
Alternative Expressions
Hungry birds soared above the meadow in the sky.
Meaning: This means the birds were flying very high up in the sky, over the meadow.
Choice of Words:Soared is a more vivid and descriptive verb that means to fly high in the air. Above means higher than something else, in this case, the meadow. Meadow is a field of grass, usually with flowers, and sky is the blue expanse above the earth.
Starving birds glided over the field in the heavens.
Meaning: This means the birds were extremely hungry and were flying gracefully over the field, high up in the sky.
Choice of Words:Starving emphasizes how hungry the birds were. Glided means to move smoothly and effortlessly through the air. Field is another word for meadow, and heavens is a poetic way of referring to the sky.
Famished birds sailed over the grassy expanse beneath the celestial dome.
Meaning: This means the birds were very hungry and were flying smoothly and gracefully over the meadow, high up in the sky.
Choice of Words:Famished is a more formal way of saying very hungry. Sailed suggests the birds were moving effortlessly, like a boat on water. Grassy expanse is a more descriptive way of referring to the meadow, and celestial dome is a poetic way of referring to the sky.