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

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

From The Buttoned Sky by Reynard, Geoff St.

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

Yet Aunt Priscilla had a curious fondness for her, which she insisted to herself was very reprehensible, since Betty was such a feather-brained girl.

From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

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)