The princess danced gracefully across the ballroom.
Meaning: This sentence describes a princess moving rhythmically to music in a smooth and elegant manner across a large room in a building.
Choice of Words: Danced is a simple past tense verb that means to move rhythmically to music. Gracefully is an adverb that means in a smooth and elegant manner. Across is a preposition that means from one side to the other. Ballroom is a noun that refers to a large room in a building where people dance.
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