They watched the ball fly through the air.

Meaning: This means to use your eyes to follow the movement of the ball as it moves through the air.

Choice of Words: Watched means to use your eyes to look at something carefully. Fly means to move through the air. Through means from one side to the other. Air is the mixture of gases that we breathe.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• The children laughed as they watched the kite fly.
• The child watched the birds fly over the house.
• The cat sat on the windowsill and watched the birds fly by.
• The old man sat on the bench and watched the birds fly by.
• The cat sat on the windowsill and watched the birds fly.
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• I watched the birds fly high in the sky.
• We watched the birds fly over the trees.
• The cat watched the birds fly by outside.