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

He's one of your feather-brained, lily-livered fellows, is he?

From Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by Pearce, Charles Edward

And he begins with that feather-brained frivolity which will learn nothing by example.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander

She could love, I knew, that feather-brained, big-hearted little friend of mine.

From Mavis of Green Hill by Baldwin, Faith

Mona had always been considered the least feather-brained of the family, and she certainly fulfilled her trust with absolute integrity.

From The Odds And Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)