The white clouds looked like cotton.

Meaning: This sentence compares the appearance of clouds to cotton. It's like saying, The clouds appeared to be very similar to cotton.

Choice of Words: White is a color. Clouds are the things in the sky that look like cotton. Looked is a verb that means to see something. Like means similar to.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• The white clouds looked like cotton balls.
• The fluffy white clouds looked like cotton balls in the sky.
• The snow was so white and fluffy, it looked like cotton.
• Clouds looked like cotton balls.
• The clouds were so fluffy, they looked like cotton candy.
• Clouds float like cotton, soft and white.
• White clouds dotted the sky like fluffy cotton balls.
• White clouds drifted like cotton in vast sky.
• White clouds float, like cotton balls so light.
• White clouds float sky like cotton balls.