Turtles swim slowly through the coral reef.

Meaning: This sentence means that the turtles are moving at a slow pace through the area in the ocean where the coral lives.

Choice of Words: Turtles are reptiles that live in both water and on land. Swim is a verb that means to move through water using your fins or flippers. Slowly means at a low speed or pace. Through means from one side of something to the other. Coral is a type of sea animal that lives in colonies and builds reefs. Reef is a ridge of rock or coral that is found in the ocean.

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Related Expressions

• Fish swim through coral reef.
• Fish swim gracefully through the coral reef.
• Sea turtles swim through coral reefs.
• Fish swim past coral reef.
• Tiny fish swim in coral reef.
• Tiny fish swim quickly around the coral reef.
• Fish swam through coral reef.
• Fish darted through coral reef.
• She spotted a school of fish darting through the coral reef.
• The fish swam through the coral reef.