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

Grantly and Buz Ffolliot had each recognised and admired that quality in him, and it is possible that he had vaguely discerned a kindred reticence in these feather-brained boys.

From The Ffolliots of Redmarley by Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen)

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

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

Of course, it was a feather-brained scheme from start to finish, and yet in a fashion it attracted her.

From The Swindler and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

You saw what a pitiful kind of fool she was, irresponsible and helpless and feather-brained.

From The Conquest of Canaan by Tarkington, Booth