Stars watch moonlit clouds drift by.

Meaning: The stars are watching the clouds move slowly across the sky.

Choice of Words: Stars are luminous fixed points in the night sky that are actually large balls of burning gases. Watch means to look at someone or something carefully or attentively. Moonlit means illuminated by the light of the moon. Clouds are the visible collection of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. Drift means to move slowly and smoothly in a particular direction. By means past something or someone. So the sentence means the luminous fixed points in the night sky look at the clouds illuminated by the light of the moon move slowly and smoothly past them.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Clouds drift across moonlit sky.
• Clouds drift slowly across moonlit sky.
• Clouds drift, like cotton, moonlit sky.
• Watch clouds drift.
• Stars twinkle above moonlit clouds.
• Clouds drift, moon glows, stars twinkle.
• Clouds drift and stars twinkle.
• Clouds dance in moonlit sky.
• Clouds danced, creating moonlit show.
• Clouds dance across moonlit sky.