The yellow butterfly fluttered its wings gently.
Meaning: This sentence describes how a butterfly moved the parts that allow it to fly in a soft, kind, or careful way.
Choice of Words: Fluttered means to move or wave up and down or back and forth quickly and lightly. Wings means the parts of a bird, insect, or other animal that allow it to fly. Gently means in a soft, kind, or careful way. When you put them together, it means the butterfly moved its parts that allow it to fly up and down or back and forth quickly and lightly in a soft, kind, or careful way.
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