The bird flew away with a crumb in its beak.

Meaning: The bird took a piece of bread and flew from that place.

Choice of Words: Flew is the past tense of fly, which means to move through the air using wings. Away means to move from a place or person. Crumb is a small piece of food, often bread. Beak is the hard, pointed mouth of a bird.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• The bird flew away with a worm in its beak.
• Soft crumb melted in mouth.
• Tiny ant carried big bread crumb.
• Bird pecked at the worm with its beak.
• The fish darted away from the heron's beak.
• Owl flew to nest with mouse in beak.
• Its beak moved like lightning, forming words.
• The woodpecker tapped its beak on the trunk of the tree.
• Its long beak sips the sweet nectar.
• The robin hopped along the ground, its beak searching for worms.