Sleepy bird slept all night long.

Meaning: A bird, feeling the need to rest, engaged in a prolonged period of sleep during the night.

Choice of Words: Sleepy means feeling the need to sleep. Bird is a warm-blooded vertebrate animal that has feathers, a beak, and lays eggs. Slept means entered a state of rest with reduced consciousness. All night long means throughout the entire night without interruption.

Alternative Expressions

The tired bird slept throughout the night.

Meaning: This sentence also describes a bird that is feeling sleepy and has been sleeping for a long time during the night.

Choice of Words: Tired is similar to sleepy and means feeling like you need to sleep. Throughout means during the entire period of time.

The exhausted bird slumbered the whole night.

Meaning: This sentence describes a bird that is very tired and has been sleeping for a long time during the night.

Choice of Words: Exhausted means very tired. Slumbered is a more formal word for slept.

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