The butterflies flutter gracefully through the air.

Meaning: The butterflies are moving quickly and smoothly through the air in a beautiful way.

Choice of Words: Flutter means to move quickly and lightly. Gracefully means in a smooth and elegant manner. Air is the mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth.

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The butterflies dance gracefully in the sky.

Meaning: This sentence also describes how butterflies fly. Butterflies fly by moving their wings in a graceful and rhythmic way. They move in a beautiful and elegant way as they fly in the sky.

Choice of Words: Butterflies are insects with beautiful, often colorful wings that fly around during the day. Dance means to move in a graceful and rhythmic way. Gracefully means to move in a beautiful and elegant way. In means surrounded by or within something. Sky is the space above the earth and the clouds.

The butterflies soar gracefully above the flowers.

Meaning: This sentence describes how butterflies fly. Butterflies fly high in the air by moving their wings in a graceful and elegant way. They fly above the flowers.

Choice of Words: Butterflies are insects with beautiful, often colorful wings that fly around during the day. Soar means to fly high in the air. Gracefully means to move in a beautiful and elegant way. Above means higher than something else. Flowers are plants with beautiful, often colorful petals.

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