Wings spread wide in soaring flight.

Meaning: This sentence describes birds flying high in the sky with their wings spread out.

Choice of Words: Wings are the parts of a bird's body that allow it to fly. Spread means to open or extend something. Wide means having a large distance from one side to the other. Soaring means flying high in the air. Flight is the act of flying.

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The bird soared through the air, its wings spread wide.

Meaning: This means that the bird is flying high in the air with its wings open wide.

Choice of Words: The bird is the subject of the sentence and it is doing the soaring. Soared means to fly high in the air. Through means passing from one side of something to the other. The air is the space around us that we breathe. Its wings are the parts of the bird that it uses to fly. Spread means to open up or make something wider. Wide means very large or open. When you put them together, "The bird soared through the air, its wings spread wide" describes a bird flying high in the air with its wings open wide.

With a powerful flap of its wings, the eagle soared into the sky.

Meaning: This means that the eagle is flying high into the sky with a strong movement of its wings.

Choice of Words: With means together with or accompanied by. A powerful flap is a strong movement of the wings. Of its wings means belonging to the eagle. The eagle is the subject of the sentence and it is doing the soaring. Soared means to fly high in the air. Into means moving towards the inside of something. The sky is the space above the earth where the clouds are. When you put them together, "With a powerful flap of its wings, the eagle soared into the sky" describes an eagle flying high into the sky with a strong movement of its wings.

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