The river flowed gently past the green hills.

Meaning: The sentence describes a river moving smoothly and continuously in a soft, kind, or careful way by or beyond green hills.

Choice of Words: Flowed is a past tense of flow, which means to move smoothly and continuously in a stream or river. Gently means in a soft, kind, or careful way. Past means by or beyond a particular place or thing.

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