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

Boswell, vexed by the greater intimacy of Goldsmith with Johnson, called him a blunderer, a feather-brained person; and described his appearance in no flattering terms.

From Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series by Black, William

My feather-brained chatter must often have bored her, but she apparently was ever interested in it.

From My Brilliant Career by Franklin, Miles

Lord Ewyo, please to precede us with your servants and that feather-brained priest.

From The Buttoned Sky by Reynard, Geoff St.

I move as if in a dream, and am feather-brained as a child, given over, hand-bound, in thrall to a miraculous power!

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall