Meaning: This sentence shows the owl providing nourishment to its young.
Choice of Words: "Fed" means to provide food, "owlets" are the recipients of the food, and "hungrily" describes their eagerness to eat.
Alternative Expressions
The hungry owlets were fed by the owl.
Meaning: This means that the baby owls were very hungry and the adult owl gave them food.
Choice of Words:Hungry means to have a strong desire to eat. Were fed means that someone gave them food. By means that the owl did the feeding.
With great hunger, the owl fed its owlets.
Meaning: This means that the owl was very hungry and it gave food to its baby owls.
Choice of Words:With great hunger means that the owl was very hungry. Its means that the owlets belong to the owl. Fed means that the owl gave food to the owlets.