The clouds floated like cotton balls in the sky.

Meaning: The sentence is describing the appearance of clouds in the sky, comparing them to soft, fluffy cotton balls.

Choice of Words: Clouds are visible masses of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. Floated means to move smoothly and effortlessly on or in a liquid or gas. Cotton is a soft, fluffy fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant. Balls are round objects. Sky is the region of the atmosphere and outer space that we see above us.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Clouds floated sky like cotton balls.
• The clouds floated across the sky like cotton balls.
• Fluffy clouds floated like cotton balls in the sky.
• Clouds floated through sky like cotton balls.
• Fluffy clouds floated in the sky like cotton balls.
• Clouds floated across the sky like fluffy cotton balls.
• Clouds floated like cotton balls.
• Fluffy clouds floated like cotton balls.
• The clouds drifted lazily across the sky, like cotton balls.
• Clouds float across sky like cotton balls.