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
Nor did she like the atmosphere of the Whites and Rocca Marina for her feather-brained young sister.
From Modern Broods by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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
Darzee was a feather-brained little fellow who could never hold more than one idea at a time in his head.
From The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard
Mary was a feather-brained and light-hearted wife, who thought of her crowns as playthings.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
