feather-brained

Example Sentences

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In practice I hope that Master George and Mr Mervyn are talking tough to impress feather-brained markets so that they can win time to act less brutally.

From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2010

But he consoled himself with the reflection that to-morrow it would all be over for ever, and he would take leave for good of this feather-brained lady, and would forget all this rotten idiocy!…

From The Torrents of Spring by Garnett, Constance

"Just the sort of feather-brained idea that would occur to a novelist," he said.

From The Crimson Blind by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)

Now go quickly, for rather would I die than live like the feather-brained blue jay.”

From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)

For the moment we are the bicycle, and not the feather-brained cyclist.

From Fantasia of the Unconscious by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)